Georgia, 2010

Excessive Heat in Georgia, July 30, 2010

July 30, 2010 · NWS CHS · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

An unseasonably hot and humid airmass resulted in heat index values of 115 degrees or higher across much of coastal South Carolina and coastal Georgia.

Where it happened

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The toll

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.

An unseasonably hot and humid airmass resulted in heat index values of 115 degrees or higher across much of coastal South Carolina and coastal Georgia.

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 30, 12:47 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 12:47 PM EST, 13 minutes before
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Event by event

5 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Coastal Chatham

When
July 30, 1:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Coastal Chatham forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet

A heat index of 119 degrees was measured by the mesonet station in Wilmington Island, Georgia.

Excessive Heat, Inland Chatham

When
July 30, 1:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Inland Chatham forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS

A heat index of 115 degrees was measured at Hunter Army Airfield on the south side of Savannah, Georgia.

Excessive Heat, Inland Liberty

When
July 30, 1:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Inland Liberty forecast zone
Reported by
RAWS

A heat index of 118 degrees was measured in Midway, Georgia.

Excessive Heat, Inland Liberty

When
July 30, 1:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Inland Liberty forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS

A heat index of 115 degrees was measured at Fort Stewart in Hinesville, Georgia.

Excessive Heat, Long

When
July 30, 1:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Long forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
31.753, -81.746 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A heat index of 115 degrees was measured by the mesonet station in Elim, Georgia.

What these are

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

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

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Georgia in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 2010

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 249756, 249758, 249759, 249760, 249761.