Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 25, 2001

Name: Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 25, 2001
Start: 2001-07-25T21:30
End: 2001-07-25T21:52
Location: South Carolina

July 25, 2001 · NWS CAE · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 25, 2:00 PM EST, 7 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 2:00 PM EST, 7 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
300 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001

H5 SHORTWAVE OVER THE UPSTATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIFT NORTHEAST
THROUGH THURSDAY. TAIL END OF VORT CROSSES THE CWA. WILL GO WITH
LIKELY POPS TONIGHT NORTH AND CHANCE POPS CENTRAL AND SOUTH.
UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. TROPICAL
MOISTURE HOLDS WITH MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
MODELS HOLD COLD FRONT TO OUR NORTH. LOW TEMPS IN THE LOWER/MID 70S
WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S/LOWER 90S.

FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST...COLD FRONT TO THE NORTH DISSIPATES WITH
BERMUDA HIGH BUILDING IN OVER THE WEEKEND. MRF BRINGS NEXT FRONT
THROUGH AROUND MID-WEEK. WILL KEEP LOW TEMPS IN THE LOWER 70S WITH
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION.

FCSTID = 10
CAE   73  90  75  91 /  40  40  30  40
AGS   72  92  73  92 /  40  40  30  40
SSC   73  90  75  91 /  30  40  30  40
OGB   73  92  75  92 /  30  40  30  40

.CAE...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington

When: July 25, 9:30 PM EST
Where: Lexington County, St Andrews
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 34.033, -81.083

General public reported trees down in the St. Andrews area near I-26.

Thunderstorm Wind, Richland

When: July 25, 9:52 PM EST
Where: Richland County, Blythewood
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 34.217, -80.967

General public reported trees down near the A.M.E. Baptist church in Blythewood.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Carolina in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in South Carolina, July 2001

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5258531, 5258532.