South Carolina, 2006Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 8, 2006
August 8, 2006 · NWS CHS · 5 events in 1 county or zone
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $13,000
- 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.
What forecasters said that day
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NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 8, 9:20 AM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 9:20 AM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 9:50 AM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1050 AM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006
AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>051-091000-
CHARLESTON HARBOR-
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT
20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY-
INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL
JASPER-
1050 AM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTH
SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
.STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS..AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
.STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
FORMAL SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...SHOULD ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORM AND INSTANCES OF
STRONG WINDS OR DAMAGE ARE OBSERVED...REPORTS OF SUCH EVENTS ARE
REQUESTED.
JPC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 12:53 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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- When
- August 8, 2:25 PM EST
- Where
- Dorchester County, 5 mi W of Summerville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.017, -80.267
Trees down near intersection of Highway 17A and Fisher Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dorchester
- When
- August 8, 2:27 PM EST
- Where
- Dorchester County, Summerville
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.017, -80.183
In Greenhurst subdivision, several trees down and/or snapped. Large branch fell on a truck and damaged it. Damage to a home.
Hail, Dorchester
- When
- August 8, 2:27 PM EST
- Where
- Dorchester County, Summerville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.017, -80.183
Quarter size hail in Greenhurst subdivision.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dorchester
- When
- August 8, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Dorchester County, Knightsville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.017, -80.233
Large tree limb fell on power line.
Hail, Dorchester
- When
- August 8, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Dorchester County, Knightsville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.017, -80.233
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 8, 20061 death · 1 event
- Rip Current in Florida, August 8, 20061 death · 1 event
- Heat in Louisiana, August 8, 20061 death · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 8, 20061 injured · $350,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 8, 2006$500,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 8, 2006$350,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 8, 2006$189,000 · 55 kt wind · 11 events
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, August 8, 2006$225,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Georgia, August 8, 20061 injured · $60,000 · 55 kt wind · 5 events
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 8, 2006$75,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 8, 2006$62,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 8, 2006$44,000 · 1 in hail · 7 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5528093, 5528094, 5528095, 5528096, 5528097.