Thunderstorm Wind, Beaufort
- When
- June 21, 12:40 PM EST
- Where
- Beaufort County, Beaufort
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 32.433, -80.683
Large limbs, several trees and power lines down.
Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 21, 2001
2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 8:30 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 8:30 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 930 AM EDT THU JUN 21 2001 AREA SOUNDINGS INDICATING AMS NOT QUITE AS UNSTABLE AS WED...BUT CONVECTION IS FIRING NONETHELESS. 12Z CHS SOUNDING SHOWING A SMALL CAP WHICH SHUD ERODE AS TEMPS SOAR THRU THE 80S. FFC SOUNDING SHOWING BEST OVERALL MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION. WITH A PREDOMINANT WSW FLOW ALBEIT WEAK...MOISTURE SHUD INCREASE ACROSS THE CWA THIS AFTN FROM W TO E. 06Z MESOETA SHOWING A DECENT S/WV OVER CENTRAL GA WHICH WILL SLOWLY MOVE THRU THE CWA LATER THIS AFTN THRU TNGT. MESOETA NOT SHOWING ANY LIFT OR PCPN THO. WV SATLT AND RUC ALSO SHOWING THIS S/WV WITH DECENT MID-LVL DRYING NOW MOVG THRU NW GA. SINCE PCPN IS ALREADY DEVELOPING...SEE NO REASON WHY SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA WONT BE COMMON THIS AFTN. HIEST 00Z GUIDANCE POPS OVER WRN GA CWA AND WILL RAISE POPS TO 40 THERE AS PCPN IS ALREADY APPROACHING. MSAS SHOWING AXIS OF BEST INSTABILITY AROUND THE SAME AREA AS YESTERDAY FROM THE CENTRAL AND SRN COAST OF SC BACK INTO CENTRAL GA. WILL KEEP 30 POPS FOR THE REST OF THE CWA. P/CLOUDY SKY COVER SHUD WORK ALL AREAS. VERY WEAK SFC PG THIS MORNING SHUD LEAD TO AN EARLY SEABREEZE ALG THE COAST. WILL KNOCK HIGH TEMPS IN COASTAL ZONES BACK TO 85-90...OTRW TEMPS LOOK FINE. CWF...PG WEAK WITH WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT AND SEAS GENLY 1-2 FT. WILL MAKE A FEW MINOR TWEAKS FOR INITIAL CONDITIONS. FCSTID = 20 CHS 89 71 90 70 / 30 10 30 40 SAV 90 70 90 69 / 30 20 30 40 CHL 86 73 90 72 / 30 10 30 40 NBC 89 72 90 71 / 30 10 30 40 RBW 90 70 90 68 / 30 20 40 40 .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. TJR
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaufort
- When
- June 21, 1:55 PM EST
- Where
- Beaufort County, Bluffton
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 32.233, -80.867
Large limbs and power lines down.
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
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 21, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 21 to 22, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 21, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 21, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 21, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 21, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5253542, 5253543.