Thunderstorm Wind, Colleton
- When
- June 5, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Colleton County, Cottageville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.933, -80.483
Large limbs and power lines down.
Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 5, 2001
1 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
- 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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 5, 9:05 AM EST, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 9:05 AM EST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1005 AM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001 WILL MAKE ONLY COSMETIC CHGS TO CURRENT ZFP ON UPDATE. WILL HAVE AFTN MAX TEMPS IN THE 90-95 RANGE WITH S-SW WINDS 5-15 MPH. MODIFIED 12Z CHS SNDNG SHOWS MDT TO HIGH INSTABILITY WITH -7 LIS...AND A CAPE 1500 TO 2000 J/KG. ONLY FOCUS TDY WILL BE ALG SEABREEZE FNT THIS AFTN AND WK SFC TROF DVLPG TO THE W. AMS MSTR HAS INCRD SLGTLY WITH 1.5 TO 1.75 PW VALUES. RUC SHOWS WK H5 VORT ALG NRN SC CST MOVG SLOWLY E-NE ARND UPR RDG...WITH NVA ACRS FA THIS AFTN. WILL KEEP WDLY SCT CONVECTION IN FCST WITH WEAK LOW LVL FORCING AND NO UPR DYNAMICS. MARINE...NO CHGS ANTICIPATED. EXPECT S-SW WINDS 15 KT OR LESS AND SEAS 3 FT OR LESS THIS AFTN. .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. JAC/SLF
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:32 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tropical Storm in Texas, June 5 to 10, 2001
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 5 to 7, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 5, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Louisiana, June 5 to 14, 2001
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, June 5 to 8, 2001
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 5 to 7, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 5, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, June 5 to 6, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 5 to 6, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, June 5, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, June 5, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 5, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5253544.