Georgia, 2010

Excessive Heat in Georgia, July 25, 2010

July 25, 2010 · NWS CHS · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

An expansive and deep layered ridge of high pressure extending across the southeast United States resulted in very hot and humid conditions across southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia, with heat index values in excess of 115 degrees in couple areas.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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.

An expansive and deep layered ridge of high pressure extending across the southeast United States resulted in very hot and humid conditions across southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia, with heat index values in excess of 115 degrees in couple areas.

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 Jul 25, 1:49 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 1:49 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Event by event

3 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Inland Chatham

When
July 25, 3:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where
Inland Chatham forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS

The heat index value reached 118 degrees at Hunter Army Airfield (KSVN) on the south side of Savannah, Georgia.

Excessive Heat, Candler

When
July 25, 3:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where
Candler forecast zone
Reported by
RAWS
Coordinates
32.403, -82.074 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index value reached 115 degrees at the RAWS station in Metter, Georgia.

Excessive Heat, Coastal Chatham

When
July 25, 3:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where
Coastal Chatham forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet

The heat index value reached 117 degrees at the mesonet station in Coffee Bluff, Georgia.

What these are

Excessive Heat
Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.

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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: 248737, 248738, 248740.