2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 6, 1:25 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 225 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2001 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DEPICTS DEEPEST MOISTURE PLUME OFF THE CAROLINAS ...AHEAD OF A S/WV ACROSS WRN SC/NRN GA. ETA HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON THIS MINOR SYSTEM...W/ A TRACK INTO SC THIS MORNING THEN OFF THE COAST...S OF THE FA BY 18Z TODAY. MEANWHILE THE COLD FRONT APPEARS TO BE ACROSS CENTRAL VA EXTENDING WSW INTO S CENTRAL KY...AND SFC TROF WAS IN PLACE E OF THE MTNS. UPPER ANTICYCLONE WILL DOMINANT THE WX PICTURE ACROSS MUCH OF THE PLAINS AND MS VALLEY THIS CYCLE. IN TURN...THIS PATTERN WILL DIRECT S/WVS TO DROP ACROSS THE ERN US...SOME SPURIOUS...SOME NOT. ONE OF THESE S/WVS WILL MOVE ACROSS ERN NC LATER TODAY...W/ AN OVERALL SHIFT OF THE UPPER TROF AXIS OFF THE COAST LATER TODAY. WILL NEED TO HOLD ONTO POPS UNTIL THIS OCCURS...AND POP-WISE THE NGM ALWAYS SEEMS CLOSEFISTED WITH ENERGY COMING FROM THE NW. A BLEND OF POPS WILL WORK BEST TODAY SINCE DEEPEST MOISTURE IS E OF HERE. AGREE W/ MHX THAT SOME OF THE STORMS TODAY COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF CAPE SHOWN BY THE ETA/MESO-ETA. AVN/ETA ALSO VERY GENEROUS W/ LIS LESS THAN -6C THIS AFTERNOON. DISPARITY CONTINUES AS TO WHERE THE FRONT ENDS UP...W/ THE AVN STILL PUSHING IT THROUGH A GOOD PART OF THE FA. AT ANY RATE... BOTH AGREE THAT THIS BOUNDARY WILL WASH-OUT PRETTY QUICK SAT. TIME HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS NOTE DECENT DRYING (ESP ABV H7) IN PLACE BY TONIGHT SO I DO NOT THINK POPS WILL BE NEEDED BEYOND THE EARLY EVENING TIME FRAME. NOT SURE WHAT THE ETA IS TRYING TO DO BY PAINTING QPF BACK ACROSS THE REGION SAT NIGHT (TOO FAST?). APPEARS THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL INCREASE MORE-SO SUN AS THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE NW. THE AVN HANGS UP THE NEXT FRONT ALONG THE COAST THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK...THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST FOCUS OF RAFL WILL BE OFF THE COAST. I WILL HOLD ONTO SLIGHT CHANCES TUE...THEN NIL POPS WED AND THU. CWF: I PLAN ON INITIALIZING W/ SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. I WILL INCLUDE THE SC MARINE ZONES AS WELL BASED ON THE SPRING MAID PIER OB. SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH DURING THE DAY...AND W/ FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION A VARIABLE WIND FCST MIGHT BE BEST FOR TONIGHT AND PART OF SAT. WILL START SEAS OFF AT 5 FT TODAY...THEN DECREASE THEM IN LINE W/ THE WAVEWATCH III. STILL ABOUT A 2 AND A HALF FT SWELL OUT THERE W/ A LOT OF CHOP THROWN ON TO IT. FCSTID = 29 ILM 89 69 89 70 / 40 20 10 5 LBT 89 68 90 70 / 40 20 10 5 FLO 91 69 92 70 / 40 20 10 5 MYR 87 71 86 72 / 40 20 10 5 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. PFAFF
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A F1 tornado crossed US Hwy 17 just south of SC Hwy 22 (Conway Bypass) doing damage to signs and power poles near the Chesapeake House Restaurant.
As a weak cold front moved south into an afternoon sea breeze boundary, slow-moving thunderstorms developed along the Horry county coast. An F0 tornado briefly touched down at 9th Ave N near the Myrtle Beach Pavilion, and soon after a waterspout formed just off the beach near 3rd Ave N. It slightly damaged the 2nd Ave N pier and then moved over the beach as it developed more strongly, causing F2 damage - overturned buses and extensive damage to vehicles and hotels along the beach to about 4nd Ave S. Moving off the beach again, the waterspout continued south about 100 yards from the shore until it came ashore between 28th Ave S and Springmaid Pier...causing a 66 knot gust over water at the Springmaid Pier anemometer. As it moved through the Seagate RV park, it did F1 damage - destroyed 10 RVs and damaged 40 more. Weakening further, the tornado crossed US Hwy Business 17 onto Myrtle Beach International Airport, doing F0 damage to trees and structures.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 2001Warnings in South Carolina, July 2001
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: 5259233, 5259234.