South Carolina, 2001Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 25, 2001
June 25, 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
- None recorded
- 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 25, 12:50 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 12:50 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
150 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT ACTIVITY WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT TIME HOURS AS HAS BEEN THE CASE THE PAST
COUPLE OF NIGHTS. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS AND MENTION HEAVY RAIN.
UPPER LOW SLOWLY RETROGRADES TO MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY NEXT 60 HRS.
STILL LOOKS LIKE A GOOD CHANCE OF CONVECTION ON TUESDAY AS WEAK
SHORTWAVE MOVES NORTH ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST...BUT AS THE BERMUDA
HIGH RIDGES IN...CONVECTION SHOULD BE SPARSE ON WEDNESDAY AND NIL BY
THURSDAY WITH WARM AIR AT ALL LEVELS AND SUBSIDENCE HELPING TO
SQUELCH ANY ACTIVITY.
RIDGE SHIFTS SOUTH OF THE AREA LATE IN THE PERIOD AND WILL PUT A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY. COLD FRONT MAKING A RUN FOR THE AREA AS HIGH MOVES OUT OF
ONTARIO AND ACROSS NORTHEAST/MID ATLANTIC. THIS BOUNDARY MAY GET
CLOSE ENOUGH BY LATE SUNDAY OR MONDAY TO HELP FOCUS MORE ORGANIZED
CONVECTION.
CWF: E WIND 10 TO 15 KT AND 2 TO 3 FT SEAS. LIGHT E TO SE FLOW WILL
CONTINUE THIS FORECAST PACKAGE. NO FLAG POTENTIAL THROUGH
EXTENDED.
FCSTID = 27
ILM 70 86 70 88 / 60 50 40 20
LBT 68 86 68 90 / 60 50 40 20
FLO 66 86 68 90 / 60 50 40 20
MYR 70 86 70 87 / 60 50 40 20
.ILM...
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
DIGIORGI
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 25, 9:09 AM EST, 5 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
1009 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0950 AM BENNETTSVILLE SC FLOOD
06/25/01 MARLBORO 911 CENTER REPORTED
FLOODING AT SALEM ROAD,
BOUNTY ACRES ROAD, AND
CHERAW STREET.
DLLocal storm report, Jun 25, 12:13 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
113 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0109 PM LONGS SC 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/25/01 HORRY LONGS FIRE DEPARTMENT
REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
DLLocal storm report, Jun 25, 2:30 PM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
330 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0109 PM LONGS SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/25/01 HORRY LONGS FIRE DEPARTMENT
REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
DL (CORRECTION FOR HAIL SIZE)Lightning, Florence
- When
- June 25, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Florence County, Lake City
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.024, -79.703 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck an antenna tower, causing minor damage to the emergency dispatch system. The damage estimate is unknown.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 25, 20011 death · 1 injured · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, June 25, 20015 injured · 1 event
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, June 25 to 27, 2001$8,000 · 1.25 in hail · 30 events
- Flood in Texas, June 25, 2001$30,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Nebraska, June 25, 2001$20,000 · 1.75 in hail · 7 events
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 25, 2001$26,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 25, 2001$15,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 25, 2001$15,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 25, 2001$15,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 25, 20011 injured · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 25, 2001$14,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 25, 20011.5 in hail · 8 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5251831.