South Carolina, 2001Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 21, 2001
June 21, 2001 · NWS ILM · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $200,000
- 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 21, 7:30 PM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 7:30 PM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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</html>Lightning, Horry
- When
- June 21, 10:18 PM EST
- Where
- Horry County, Myrtle Beach
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.905, -78.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning ignited a fire at an apartment complex. Residents in the building's 14 apartments were forced to relocate after an Horry County code enforcer deemed the building uninhabitable.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 21, 2001$152,000 · 1 in hail · 18 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 21 to 22, 2001$170,000 · 5 events
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001$150,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 21, 2001$150,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 21, 2001$85,000 · 1.75 in hail · 12 events
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001$110,000 · 0.88 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 21, 2001$80,000 · 55 kt wind · 9 events
- Tornado in Florida, June 21, 2001$100,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 21, 2001$65,000 · 7 events
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 20015 injured · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 21, 2001$35,000 · 60 kt wind · 12 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 21 to 22, 2001$37,000 · 9 events
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: 5251769.