Georgia, 2007

High Surf in Georgia, October 1 to 3, 2007

October 1 to 3, 2007 · NWS CHS · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

S. coastline, resulted in a tight pressure gradient across southern South Carolina and Southeast Georgia.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 happened

The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.

Strengthening High pressure over New England and low pressure off the Southeast U.S. coastline, resulted in a tight pressure gradient across southern South Carolina and Southeast Georgia. Strong Northeast winds and High Astronomical Tides combined to produce significant Beach Erosion across the region.

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 30, 6:56 PM EST, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 6:56 PM EST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
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Event by event

4 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.

High Surf, Coastal Chatham

When
October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 3, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Coastal Chatham forecast zone
Reported by
Emergency Manager

Significant Beach Erosion took place along area beaches as High Astronomical Tides combined with strong Northeast winds across the coastal waters.

High Surf, Coastal Bryan

When
October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 3, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Coastal Bryan forecast zone
Reported by
Emergency Manager

Significant Beach Erosion took place along area beaches as High Astronomical Tides combined with strong Northeast winds across the coastal waters.

High Surf, Coastal Liberty

When
October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 3, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Coastal Liberty forecast zone
Reported by
Emergency Manager

Significant Beach Erosion took place along area beaches as High Astronomical Tides combined with strong Northeast winds across the coastal waters.

High Surf, Coastal McIntosh

When
October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 3, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Coastal McIntosh forecast zone
Reported by
Emergency Manager

Significant Beach Erosion took place along area beaches as High Astronomical Tides combined with strong Northeast winds across the coastal waters.

What these are

High Surf
Large waves breaking on the shore that caused damage, erosion or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 59413, 59414, 59415, 59416.