Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Carolina, June 12 to 15, 2001

Name: Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Carolina, June 12 to 15, 2001
Start: 2001-06-12T18:30
End: 2001-06-15T15:18
Location: South Carolina

June 12 to 15, 2001 · NWS CAE · 8 events in 6 counties and zones

3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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 Jun 12, 1:25 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 1:25 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
225 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001

DISC:  18Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS REMNANTS OF ALLISON NR MCN.

SATELLITE SHOWS QUITE A BIT OF CLDS ACRS THE AREA...ESP FM THE SAV
RIVER SWD. REMNANTS OF ALLISON CONT TO SWIRL ACRS CNTRL GA. 88D
SHOWS A FEW BANDS OF SHRA/TSRA ACRS THE CNTRL MIDLANDS AND ANOTHER
STRONGER BAND ALNG THE SAV RIVER. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT
WITH OVERALL TREND FOR TRACK OF ALLISON. ETA/NGM A BIT FARTHER WWD
THAN AVN. LOOKING AT 3 HR PRESSURE FALLS TREND THRU THE DAY
INDICATES THAT SYS SHOULD CONT ON THE NE TRACK THRU THE NIGHT INTO
WED. THIS TRACK WOULD BE CLOSE TO ETA FCST. THIS WOULD BRING THE SYS
CLOSE TO CAE AFTER 12Z. SYS WL SLOWLY PUSH NEWD THRU THE PD...MOVG
INTO SRN NC BY WED NIGHT/THU MORNING. MODEL QPF INDICATING AMNTS
FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ACRS THE AREA THRU THE PD. THIS IS BLO THE FLASH
FLOOD GUIDANCE. AFT COORD FM CHS...WL CONT WITH NO MENTION OF FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE AREA TON. BUT WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE SPREADING
NEWD...HIGH PWS...WL MENTION PCPN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT
INTO WED MORNING. AS FOR TEMPS...CLDS WL TEND TO HOLD TEMPS UP AT
NIGHT AND DOWN DURING THE DAY. WL STAY AT OR ABOVE GUIDANCE AT NIGHT
AND NR OR SLIGHTLY BLO DURING THE DAY.

FCSTID = 77
CAE   70  85  70  90 /  80  70  30  40
AGS   70  86  70  91 /  80  70  30  40
SSC   70  84  70  89 /  80  70  30  40
OGB   70  8b5  70  90 /  80  70  30  40

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 4:00 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington

When: June 12, 6:30 PM EST
Where: Lexington County, Swansea
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.733, -81.100

Sheriff reported several trees down in the Swansea area.

Tornado, Bamberg

When: June 12, 6:33 PM EST to 6:34 PM EST
Where: Bamberg County, Ehrhardt
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.100, -81.017

A small F0 took down some trees and powerlines in Ehrhardt.

Tornado, Richland

When: June 13, 1:22 PM EST to 1:23 PM EST
Where: Richland County, Ft Jackson
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 40 yd
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates: 34.017, -80.933

Military Police reported sighting a touchdown near the golf course taking down several trees.

Flash Flood, Richland

When: June 13, 2:00 PM EST to 3:30 PM EST
Where: Richland County, Ft Jackson
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates: 34.022, -80.903 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Military Police reported flash flooding around the base near streams which covered roads.

Flash Flood, Sumter

When: June 13, 2:15 PM EST to 3:40 PM EST
Where: Sumter County, West Portion
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.916, -80.382 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sheriff reported flooded highways in western Sumter county.

Flash Flood, Kershaw

When: June 13, 2:20 PM EST to 3:45 PM EST
Where: Kershaw County, Southwest Portion
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.339, -80.590 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sheriff reported flooding of county roads in southwest portion of county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Aiken

When: June 14, 4:40 PM EST
Where: Aiken County, Windsor
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 33.483, -81.517

Public reported billboards blown down in Windsor.

Hail, Sumter

When: June 15, 3:18 PM EST
Where: Sumter County, 5 mi SSW of Pinewood
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 33.667, -80.500

Public reported 3/4 inch hail in Rimini.

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.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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 The tornado archive for South Carolina, 2001 Warnings in South Carolina, June 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5246649, 5246648, 5246650, 5246651, 5246652, 5246653, 5246654, 5246655.