Lightning, Georgetown
- When
- June 2, 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Georgetown County, Wachesaw Lndg
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.413, -79.299 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning cause minor damage to a home.
Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 2, 2001
1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 2, 7:20 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 7:20 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 820 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2001 SKIES HAVE CLEARED NICELY WITH DRYING ACROSS FA. SFC DEWPOINTS IN LOW 50S INLAND SC ZONES...AND HAVE RECENTLY DROPPED INTO LOW 60S COASTAL NC. FOG CONCERNS ARE GONE WITH SOLID 20KT WINDS UP TO 5K FT PER KLTX VWP...AND PROBABLY HOLDING ONTO 5-7KT SFC WINDS. TAIL END OF NARROW BAND OF AC MAY CATCH CWA LATER THIS EVE...BUT THINK MOCLR SHOULD COVER IT. WITH DEW POINTS SO LOW WILL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT TEMPS. INLAND ZONES HAVE 60-65 GOING...WITH MID 60S ALONG COAST. NOT SURE THIS WILL BE COOL ENOUGH...ESP INLAND...BUT WIND MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO KEEP US AROUND THOSE NUMBERS. WILL SEE HOW QUICKLY READINGS DROP BEFORE MAKING DECISION TO UPDATE. CWF: STILL SEEING WINDS 15-20KT IN SOME OF THE OMRS AND EVEN HIGHER AT FPSN7...WITH 6 FT SEAS. BELIEVE 15-20 KT AND 4-5 FT PRETTY REPRESENTATIVE W/IN 20NM...AND THAT IS STILL SLIGHTLY ABOVE GOING FCST. WILL LIKELY TWEAK ACCORDINGLY. FCSTID = 35 ILM 65 88 69 83 / - 20 30 40 LBT 60 90 65 84 / - 20 30 40 FLO 62 92 68 85 / - 20 30 40 MYR 65 85 69 83 / - 20 30 40 H.ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RAS
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:26 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 2, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 2, 2001
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 2, 2001
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, June 2 to 4, 2001
- Tornado in Ohio, June 2, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 2, 2001
- Hail in Mississippi, June 2, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 2, 2001
- Hail in Colorado, June 2 to 4, 2001
- Hail in Michigan, June 2, 2001
- Flooding in Missouri, June 2 to 12, 2001
- High Wind in Colorado, June 2, 2001
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5251688.