South Carolina, 2001

Lightning 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.

Where it happened

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The toll

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.

DL
Local 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.

DL
Local 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)

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

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.

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

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: 5251831.