Damaging Wind in South Carolina, September 11, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in South Carolina, September 11, 2001
Start: 2001-09-11T13:45
End: 2001-09-11T13:45
Location: South Carolina

September 11, 2001 · NWS CHS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 11, 9:15 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 9:15 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1015 AM EDT TUE SEP 11 2001

12Z CHS SOUNDING LOADED FOR BEAR THIS MORNING WITH PLENTY OF
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY. THETA-E AXIS RESIDES FROM JUST OFF THE SC
COAST BACK INTO SRN GA ZONES. SHUD BE FAIR AMT OF ACTIVITY THIS AFTN
ONE WE REACH THE CONVECTIVE TEMP...ESP INLAND OF THE SEABREEZE.

CURRENT FCST LOOKING PRETTY GOOD OVERALL. WILL MAKE A FEW MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS ON TEMPS/POPS. WILL UP TEMPS FOR INLAND SC ZONES TO
MID/UPPER 80S. WILL GO WITH 40 POPS FOR THE SC ZONES AND 50 FOR GA.

CWF: ENE FLOW LESS THAN 15 KT THIS AFTN. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT WITH A
CONTINUATION OF LONG PERIOD SWELLS.

FCSTID = 20
CHS   84  70  84  67 /  40  30  30  20
SAV   84  72  81  69 /  40  30  30  20
CHL   84  74  84  71 /  40  30  30  20
NBC   85  71  83  68 /  40  30  30  20
RBW   85  67  84  65 /  40  20  20  10

.CHS...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.

TJR

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:42 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Charleston

When: September 11, 1:45 PM EST
Where: Charleston County, 5 mi W of Charleston Afb
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates: 32.900, -80.117

Large tree limbs down along Highway 61.

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

Every storm in South Carolina in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in South Carolina, September 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: 5268024.