Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 20, 2001

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

5

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.

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 20, 10:15 AM EST, 40 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1015 AM EST TUE MAR 20 2001

DRY SLOT IN ERN GA MOVING TOWARD THE CSRA. THIS COULD PLAY HAVOC
WITH OUR CURRENT FCST. MODELS NOT HANDLING THIS FEATURE WELL. RUC
AND ETA BOTH HAVE THIS FEATURE WHERE IT IS NOW AT 00Z. BACK EDGE OF
RAIN IS JUST AHEAD OF APPROACHING EDGE OF DRY SLOT. EXPECT RAIN TO
ABATE FROM S TO N ACROSS THE CWA FOR THE MOST PART UNTIL UPPER LVL
LOW MOVES OVER AREA. AM CONTEMPLATING HOW TO HANDLE AN UPDATE.

.CAE...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.

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The Greer radar (KGSP), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:53 UTC.

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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.

• Flash Flood in South Carolina, March 20, 20011 death · $50,000 · 1 event
• Flood in South Carolina, March 20, 20011 death · $25,000 · 1 event
• High Wind in Georgia, March 20, 2001$1.5 million · 42 events
• High Wind in North Carolina, March 20, 2001$1.0 million · 55 kt wind · 22 events
• Flash Flooding in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 2001$50,000 · 3 events
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 2001$30,000 · 4 events
• Winter Storm in Tennessee, March 20 to 21, 200122 events
• Damaging Winds in Florida, March 20, 2001$20,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events
• High Wind in South Carolina, March 20, 200155 kt wind · 15 events
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 20, 200114 events
• High Wind in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 2001$15,000 · 52 kt wind · 4 events
• Heavy Snow in Alabama, March 20, 200112 events

Every storm in South Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, March 2001

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: 5230791, 5230792, 5230793, 5234860, 5233069.