- The US Department of Agriculture's Weather Bureau begins an observation program in the Carolina Bank Building on Broad Street in downtown Charleston, taking over from the US Army Signal Service. Mr. JN Jesonofsky is the last observer for the Signal Service in Charleston, but the first in Charleston for the Weather Bureau.
- The highest recorded level on the Ohoopee River near Reidsville was reached, when the river reached 28.40 feet.
- 1 inch of snow fell in Beaufort on this date.
- Significant coastal flooding impacts many parts of the southern SC coast, and when combined with strong northeast winds resulted in extensive erosion and damage to numerous homes. This event prompted the passage of the South Carolina State Beach Front Management Act. Tide levels also reached 10.03 feet Mean Lower Low Water at Fort Pulaski, which produced flooding on parts of Route 80 between Savannah and Tybee Island.
- An F0 tornado briefly touched down, significantly damaging a mobile home, causing minor damage to another mobile home, and knocking down trees in southern Jenkins County, GA.
- Winds reached as high as 40 to 50 mph across parts of southern South Carolina, southeast Georgia and the adjacent Atlantic waters. The highest wind was at the Sabsoon R2 Tower, which recorded 54 mph.
- Dense fog closes the Charleston Harbor and also impacts the adjacent Charleston County Atlantic waters with visibilities down under 1/2 nm. It is short-lived however, as an arctic cold front quickly moves through with isolated reports of trees and powerlines down, as winds reach as high as 47 mph on Tybee Island and 42 mph at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah.
- Dense sea fog closes the Charleston Harbor and also impacts the nearby Atlantic waters, as visibilities fall to near zero.
- Dense sea fog closes the Charleston Harbor and also impacts the nearby Atlantic waters, as visibilities fall to near zero.
- It was a cold morning across many areas, with readings as low as 14 at Harleyville, Jamestown and Round O in South Carolina. Even the beaches experienced a freeze with temperatures in the upper 20s and lower 30s.
- Strong west and northwest winds developed in wake of an arctic cold front, resulting in blowout tides and wind gusts past 40 or 45 mph. The highest gusts were 49 mph at Fort Johnson, 48 mph on Tybee Island and the Don Holt Bridge in North Charleston, 47 mph at Buoy 41008 and Fort Pulasksi, and 46 mph at Beaufort. The event is even more impressive since less than 19 hours earlier there was shallow coastal flooding in the Charleston area.
- A rare winter storm affected southeast South Carolina and southeast Georgia on January 3, 2018. The storm produced a variety of wintry precipitation, including snow, sleet and freezing rain. Charleston Airport (KCHS) measured 5.3 inches of snow, the 3rd greatest daily snowfall on record. This made it the snowiest January on record at Charleston Airport and 2nd snowiest at Savannah Airport (KSAV). Due to the continued cold air in place after the storm, the snow and ice remained on the ground in spots for many days causing significant disruptions to travel and commerce. The Charleston Airport recorded snow on the ground for 5 consecutive days which is the most on record. More Details.
- Deepening low pressure that moves through the Southeast and followed by cold advection behind a strong cold front brings heavy rains and then very strong winds to the area. Rainfall amounts totalled as much as 3 to 4 inches across parts of inland Georgia and 2 to 3 inches across parts of inland South Carolina. The highest winds were in excess of 50 or 60 mph, and there were numerous reports of wind damage behind the front, along with blowout tides at the coast. More Details.
- Dense sea fog closes the Charleston Harbor and also impacts the nearby Atlantic waters, as visibilities fall to near zero during much of this 3 day period.
- Freezing temperatures impact areas near and inland from US-17, with a hard freeze in many places far inland. The coldest spots were Bonneau, McClellanville, Walterboro, Millen, and Reidsville with a low temperature of 25 degrees.
- The all-time record lows occur at the Charleston and Savannah airports, with 6 degrees and 3 degrees, respectively. Also, downtown Charleston has its coldest temperature in January at 10 degrees.
- Isolated thunderstorms developed in advance of an arctic cold front, producing hail as large as quarters at Fort Moultrie in the Charleston area. In wake of the front as the colder air started to rush in, there were reports of several trees down across the forecast area. Winds gusted to as high as 49 at Fort Johnson, 47 in Charleston Harbor and 43 mph at the Savannah airport.
- Four tornadoes are confirmed across southeast GA. Two EF-1 tornadoes in Screven County, a third EF-1 tornado near Fort Stewart (which occurred early on January 22) and an EF-0 in Tattnall County. Thankfully there are no deaths or injuries. More Details
- Strong offshore winds resulted in blow-out tides across coastal areas.
- A shallow cold air mass associated with an arctic high pressure system to the north moved into the SC Lowcountry and GA Coastal Empire on January 21, 2022. With freezing temperaturesat and near the the ground and above freezing temperatures just above the ground produced some freezing rain (mainly 0.1" or less w/ some isolated higher amounts in Berkeley County, SC) during the evening of January 21 and the early morning hours of January 22, 2022. The ice accumulations led to hazardous travel as well a few power outages. In fact, the Ravenel Bridge (U.S. Highway 17) was closed a few times in the days after the storm because melting ice was falling from the bridge's suspension cables.More Details
- Parts of Highway 80 from Savannah to Tybee Island is flooded, as tides reach 9.95 feet Mean Lower Low Water. One lane of the highway is closed in various sections, 2 cars get stuck in the high water, and several properties on Tybee Island are also flooded. Also on this day, the tide reaches 8.0 feet Mean Lower Low Water in Charleston, with several reports of salt water flooding and erosion from Hilton Head to the Charleston area. Both events had the situation further aggravated due to occurrence of the Proxigean Spring Tide.
- For the second day in a row winter weather impacts the area. This time it's freezing drizzle and light freezing rain that occurs in the Charleston Tri-County area, with a light glaze in many locations. This was the result of continued cold air across the area and a second wave of low pressure that passed just offshore on a stalled out front.
- Bitterly cold weather occurs across the entire area, with freezing temperatures even at the coast. The coldest temperatures were 17 degrees at a site in the Francis Marion between Cainhoy and Huger, 17 degrees near Jamestown and in Bonneau, 18 degrees at Summerville and 19 degrees in Millen.
- Dense sea fog closes the Charleston Harbor and also impacts the nearby Atlantic waters, as visibilities fall to near zero during much of this 3 day period.
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- The beginning of the National Weather Service we know today started on this date when President Ulysses S. Grant signed a joint resolution of Congress authorizing the Secretary of War to establish a national weather service. More Details.
- For the second day in a row, temperatures across the area fell into the teens, even at the beaches.
- An EF-2 tornado impacted parts of Bulloch and Effingham counties during the pre-dawn hours. Several mobile homes were either completely destroyed or heavily damaged. Despite a path of destruction of nearly 11 miles, no one was killed, although there were seven injuries. More Details
- Downtown Charleston receives its greatest 1-day snowfall, when 3.2 inches is observed. Meanwhile the Savannah area receives 2 inches of snow. Savannah only reaches 21 degrees on that day with a low of 8 degrees.
- EF-1 tornadoes hit near Sylvania and Allendale, with a 105 mph downburst striking just northeast of Sylvania. More Details
- A small M2.11 earthquake occurs in the Summerville area.
- Today is the birthday of our first president, George Washington, born on Pope's Creek in Westmoreland County, VA. He was a serious weather observer, and took his last weather observation just a few days before he died. He would commemorate the end of the Revolutionary War by commissioning a “Dove of Peace” weather vane from Joseph Rakestraw in 1787, for his estate at Mount Vernon. It is still there today.
- Widespread fog that developed over nearby land areas moves into the Charleston Harbor and the adjacent Atlantic waters, resulting in visibilities under 1/4 mile.
- The first time since January 8, 2018, the temperature in downtown Charleston drops to freezing. It failed to get that cold for a stretch of 764 straight days, which is the longest period of time of temperatures above freezing at that location. Also, the Ogeechee River near Rocky Ford reaches 13.88 feet, it's second highest river level in recorded history.
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- A squall line moved through the Charleston area in the afternoon and caused a 10,000 ton steamer, the Nicaragua Victory to drag anchor and smash into the Cooper River Bridge span. It broke the span, with a 100 yard section caved in by the force of the steamer. One car plunged into the river as a result, with 5 people killed.
- Strong offshore wind results in blow-out tides in the Charleston area.
- Severe thunderstorms produced a downburst with winds estimated as high as 85 to 90 mph in the Savannah metro area. More Details.
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- Also on this date in 2012, an EF-1 tornado hits near Islandton, in Colleton County, with 3 mobile homes damaged. More Details.
- Parts of Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton and Dorchester counties received freezing rain, enough for a glaze or as much as 2/10 of an inch of ice on tree tops, vehicles and elevated metal surfaces such as the Ravenel Bridge.
- Tropical storm force wind impacted the entire forecast area of SC and GA all day, with several reports of trees down, including one on a house in Savannah. Some of the highest winds included 54 mph at the Charleston International Airport, 49 mph at the Savannah Airport, 47 mph at Buoy 41004 and 46 mph in Mt. Pleasant and Hinesville.
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- Savannah receives 10 inches of snow.
- The tide at Fort Pulaski falls to its second lowest level in recorded history, with a gauge reading of minus 4.30 feet Mean Lower Low Water.
- It was a cold start to the day, with the all-time lowest in March for downtown Charleston and the Charleston Airport. Downtown was 22 degrees, while it was 15 degrees at the airport. It also tied for the coldest in March in the Savannah area, with a temperature of 20 degrees.
- A small F1 tornado touches down outside of Glennville in Tattnall County, GA. There were 5 houses, several farm buildings, a government building, a school and a factory that were either demolished or heavily damaged. No one was hurt. Later that same day there was 1.75 inch hail and a roof torn off an airplane hangar at Guyton, in Effingham County, GA.
- Snow flurries were observed in Pooler, GA.
- An EF-1 tornado, with winds of 105 mph impacts parts of Liberty County from outside of Riceboro to near Halfmoon Landing. One truck and one motorcyclist reportedly hit debris from the tornado that was thrown on I-95, injuring the motorcyclist. More Details.
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- Today is the median last freeze date for Brooklet, GA.
- Low pressure dumps up to 4 or 5 inches of rain in parts of SC, with some of the worst flooding in the Summerville area, where 400 people were evacuated from their homes. Up to 50 homes were damaged to some degree, with s much as 4 to 5 feet of water in some of those homes. Also, an earthen dam burst in Allendale County, which caused a 100 yard section of US 321 near Fairfax to be washed away.
- Deep low pressure associated with the "Storm of the Century" produced strong wind across the local area. Wind speeds reached as high as 69 mph in Charleston and 62 mph in Savannah. Behind a trailing cold front, temperatures fell 25 to 30 degrees throughout the day, from the lower and middle 60s to the lower and middle 30s. Snow also developed as the colder air rushed in, resulting in a trace of snow in Charleston and almost 1/4 inch in Savannah. In addition, blow-out tides occurred, which resulted in the lowest tide level in recorded history occurs at Charleston, while Fort Pulaski drops to their second lowest level on record. Tides fall to minus 4.08 ft MLLW at Charleston and minus 4.20 ft MLLW at Fort Pulaski. More Details.
- Today is the median last freeze date at Hampton, South Carolina.
- Almost simultaneously there are two F2 tornadoes that impact Jenkins County, GA. One is in the Thrift Community southwest of Millen and the second is the Red Mill Community northeast of Millen. Over $300,000 damage to dairy farms and three homes. Meanwhile, severe thunderstorms moved through Hilton Head Island, destroying 3 mobile homes, damaging 3 cars and injuring 2 people.
- Severe storms produced golf ball size hail that covered the ground near both Newington and Manassas in Georgia.
- The combination of strong winds and low relative humidity fueled several wildfires in parts of our SC counties.
- A late winter or early spring surge of cold arctic air invades the southeast, dropping temperatures down into the 20s in many communities away from the immediate coast. The coldest was 20 degrees at Wambaw in Charleston County.
- The Cumbee Wildfire which started on March 14, grows to an estimated size of 1600 acres in the Francis Marion National Forest, about 6 miles east of Huger, before becoming contained.
- The temperature hits 92 degrees in downtown Charleston, which ties it for the warmest during the month of March.
- The first day of spring brings cold weather to the local area. Temperatures drop into the lower and middle 30s, with a freeze far inland that damages much of the South Carolina peach crop.
- An MCV causes large hail and wind damage in several areas north of Interstate 16 in Georgia. Earlier in the day a small M1.4 earthquake occurs about 5 miles south of Summerville, SC.
- For the second morning in a row unusually cold weather occurs across the area, as temperatures inland fall into the upper 20s and lower 30s. The coldest locations were Bonneau at 28 degrees, a location near Wando and Cainhoy in SC of 29 degrees, and also 29 degrees at Stateboro.,
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- Colder air moves in behind deep low pressure passing offshore, and produces snow flurries in several areas.
- A large complex of thunderstorms produces flash flooding in the Charleston area, winds near 50 mph at Fort Sumter and Fort Johnson, SC and dime to nickel sized hail near Garden City, GA.
- The South Carolina Forestry Commission reported that the Sand Ridge Wildfire located 6 miles west-southwest of Dorchester, South Carolina, started on March 24, burning 1247 acres before being contained on March 25. Evacuations were ordered for 60 to 70 homes due to the wildfire. No structures were lost due to the wildfire and 67 structures were saved, including 52 homes, 13 barns, and 2 churches. Other wildfires driven by gusty winds and low relative humidity affected locations near Ludowici, Georgia and Johns Island, South Carolina.
- Today is the median last freeze date for McClellanville, SC.
- The famous "first correct tornado forecast" is issued by Air Force weather officers E.J. Fawbush and Robert C. Miller. A tornado struck Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City on March 20th, and both noticed similar conditions on March 25th. As a result they correctly forecast conditions that were favorable for another tornado on March 25th.
- An early spring frost and freeze impacts many locations inland, with readings down into the upper 20s to middle 30s across much of southern South Carolina and Southeast Georgia. The cold spots were Cottageville and Round O in South Carolina at 28 degrees, and Guyton, Georgia at 29.
- Strong winds developed in wake of deep low pressure in the Atlantic, producing 35-45 mph wind gusts in many communities. The highest recorded speeds were 48 mph atop the Don Holt Bridge in the Charleston area and 46 mph at Fort Pulaski, GA.
- For the second year in a row strong winds develop[ed in wake of deepening low pressure in the Atlantic. This resulted in wind gusts past 35 or 40 mph in most locations, with the highest winds of 51 mph atop the Don Holt Bridge in North Charleston, 49 mph on Tybee Island, 46 mph at the Beaufort MCAS, and 45 mph at Fort Pulaski and Buoy 41008.
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- The Savannah airport receives 4.10 inches of rain on this date, the second highest total for the Savannah area during the month of April.
- The first weather satellite, TIROS 1 starts sending pictures back to earth. Nearly 20,000 satellite images would be transmitted back to earth during its two and a half month lifetime. More Details.
- The US Forestry Service reports a wildfire about 250 acres in size to the east of Halfway Creek Road in the Francis Marion National Forest of Charleston County.
- Today is the last day of a stretch of 161 straight days where the temperature failed to reach 80 degrees at the Charleston airport; it's longest streak on record.
- Two day rainfall totals reached 3 to 5 inches in many locations of southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia.
- The longest stretch of temperatures below 80 degrees at the Charleston airport ends today, after 161 straight days.
- An F0 tornado briefly touches down in the Abercorn and Lamara Heights areas of Savannah.
- An F0 tornado travels about a mile and damages 2 homes near Ridgeland, SC.
- Torrential rains fall in Claxton, Georgia, with up to 8 inches in 3 hours. Several roads are severely flooded, with motorists stranded in their vehicles. In some cases the water came so high that it trapped people in their homes.
- An EF0 tornado briefly touched down about 2.7 miles east of Gifford, SC in Hampton County. The tornado caused only minor damage to small trees, while nearby there was more widespread tree damage associated with straight line winds. Also, another severe storm caused hail up to 2 inches in diameter near McIntosh in Liberty County, GA.
- Today is the median last freeze date for Yemassee, SC and Millen, GA.
- Dense sea fog impacts most of the Atlantic coastal waters and Charleston Harbor with visibilities down to 1/4 mile or less.
- Shortly after daybreak a meteor is sighted in the sky for several seconds by many people across parts of the Carolina's and Georgia.
- Today is the death of Hugh Robert Mill, a Scottish geographer and meteorologist who was influential in the reform of geography teaching, and in the development of meteorology as a science. He was director of the British Rainfall Organization from 1901 to 1919, editor of British Rainfall and Symons Meteorological Magazine, and honorary secretary of the Royal Meteorological Society from 1902 until 1907 (when he became president). He had a profound influence on the development of meteorology, which was recognized by the institution of a Hugh Robert Mill medal given by the society, with Mill as the first recipient.
- An F0 tornado briefly touches down on Hutchinson Island, near Savannah.
- An outbreak of severe weather due to a derecho hits parts of the area during the early morning hours, with 33 reports of wind damage. This included trees down on a home near Perkins, GA, homes that were destroyed or sustained damage near Portal, GA, 25 homes in Rincon, GA that sustained minimal damage, and a tree on a home near Eulonia, GA. Cars were also damaged by fallen trees and tree branches in Rincon and near Eulonia.
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- For the second time in 2 days severe weather hits the area. A squall line in advance of a strong cold front produces around 2 dozen reports of wind damage and large hail in many parts of the area.
- As a warm front lifted north, a squall line moved through southeastern South Carolina and southeastern Georgia in the afternoon and evening hours of April 5. The atmospheric environment ahead of this squall line was very unstable and therefore supportive of tornado formation. In the time prior to the arrival of the squall line, several discrete supercells produced tornadoes across the Charleston Weather Forecast Office (WFO) County Warning Area (CWA). The National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center (SPC) had the region highlighted with an Enhanced Risk in the Convective Outlook, which included a rare threat for strong tornadoes. By the end of April 5th, NWS Charleston had received over 100 combined severe weather reports and confirmed six tornadoes. One of these tornadoes was found to be of Enhanced Fujita 4 (EF4) strength, with estimated maximum wind speed of 185 mph. The next day, April 6th, another round of severe weather impacted the area. The severe weather occurred as another squall line moved through with damaging straight-line winds, large hail, and an EF0 tornado in Colleton County.More Details.
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- The lowest recorded temperature for April occurs at the Charleston Airport and in Beaufort; 29 degrees at Charleston and 31 degrees at Beaufort.
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- Strong offshore wind results in blow-out tides along coastal areas.
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- An F1 tornado touches down briefly in Hampton, SC, causing minimal damage.
- A tornado developed west of Bloomingdale in Chatham County and tracked to near the Effingham County line before dissipating. Witnesses reported the tornado consisted of double funnels.
- An F1 tornado impacts the area near Hardeeville, SC, causing numerous trees to be uprooted or snapped off, shingles taken off of nearby roofs, and several other buildings damaged. This F1 tornado was spawned by the same supercell that produced the F3 tornado earlier in Bryan County, Georgia that moved into western Effingham County and lifted with no further touchdown until the Hardeeville area.
- An F1 tornado tracks through the city of Allendale to near Ulmer, causing roof damage to several buildings, with numerous trees and powerlines down along its path.
- A large outbreak of severe thunderstorms impacted much of southern South Carolina, southeast Georgia and the adjacent Atlantic coastal waters, 2006 as a potent storm system moved across the region. Four confirmed tornadoes occurred along the central South Carolina coast during this event. More Details.
- The Savannah Airport drops to 28 degrees, its lowest April temperature. Summerville SC also has their coldest April temperature, when the mercury falls to 27 degrees. This late season cold snap produced widespread frost and freezing temperatures across much of South Carolina and Georgia. Overall damage to both states were at least a 200 million dollar loss due to damaged fruit and vegetable plants.
- An EF-0 tornado touches down near Bluffton, SC with estimated winds of 75 mph.
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- Today marks the anniversary of the death of Vilhelm Bjerknes, who is considered by many to be one of the founders of modern meteorology and weather forecasting. More Details.
- An F0 is on the ground for about 3/4 miles, impacting the area near the SW Historic District of Savannah.
- An F1 tornado "skipped" along the south side of Savannah for almost 11 miles. It destroyed two buildings and damaged a store and fire station. Damage was estimated up to $1 million and there were 10 injuries.
- An outbreak of early morning tornadoes occurs across southesat GA, killing 6 and injuring 48 others. The first is an 8 mile long and 440 yard wide F3 that strikes north of Pembroke and Ellabell in Bryan County and destroys 74 homes and buildings. The tornado weakens to an F2 as it moves into a sparsely populated area of Effingham County near Eden. The tornado damages 40 homes and destroys 6 mobile homes. Then there is an F2 tornado that touched down in the Rye Patch Community of Long County where 3 people died (all were in mobile homes). Ten mobile homes were destroyed and two others were damaged along with a roof blown off a block house. Three people are kiled and another 24 injured. Then there is an F2 tornado that moved from Long County into Liberty County, which encompasses much of Fort Stewart Army Base. One soldier was killed while in a building and seven others were injured. Seven buildings were destroyed while another fifty-five suffered damage. Property damage is estimated at $38 million. The last tornado occurs in Bryan County to the west of Richmond Hill and is rated as an F1.
- Severe thunderstorms impact Berkeley County in South Carolina, with hail as large as tennis balls (2.5 inches) and winds as high as 64 mph.
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- Strong offshore winds resulted in blow-out tides along the coast.
- Low pressure aloft moves across the area in the evening, producing several reports of hail across parts of Georgia. The largest was golf ball sized or around 1.75 inches in diameter in the town of Stilson in Bulloch County.
- A new world record wind speed was recorded in Barrow Island, Australia during Typhoon Olivia, with a peak wind of 253.5 mph. Meanwhile locally, the wind at the Savannah airport reached 24 mph, while at the Charleston airport the wind reached 28 mph.
- An EF-1 tornado causes an estimated $1 million property damage near Martin in Allendale County, followed by a stronger EF-2 tornado near Baldock in Allendale County that also causes an estimated $ 1 million damage. This tornado was on the ground for 5.6 miles and completely destroyed the Cave Methodist Church, but thankfully no injuries.
- The area in and near Martin, of Allendale County in South Carolina is hit by two tornadoes. The stronger tornado was an EF2, with a path length of 5.6 miles long and 500 yards wide impacts the area and completely destroys the historic Cave Methodist Church. Thankfully there were no injuries.More Details.
- A wind gust of 231 mph is recorded atop Mount Washington, New Hampshire, making it the fastest surface wind ever observed in the Western and Northern Hemispheres and the fastest wind ever observed at a manned surface station.
- A brief F0 tornado touches down on Hilton Head Island near Broad Creek. A short time later an F1 tornado touches down and travels 2.5 miles on James Island. Earlier an F0 tornado was on the ground for 1/2 mile on Tybee island, near Fort Screven and the Tybee Island Lighthouse.
- This is the only day in April where the record high temperature at the Savannah airport for the month has failed to reach at least 90 degrees. The record high for this day is only 88 degrees, last set in 2008.
- Today is the birthday of our third president and the "father of weather observers", Thomas Jefferson. For over 50 years Jefferson took weather observations. He would compile a 5 year study on weather conditions in Paris, France and compared them to conditions in Virginia. He also experimented with hygrometers (used to determine relative humidity), and worked extensively on the collection of climate data, ensuring that the Lewis and Clark Expedition did the same. More Details.
- The Savannah River near Clyo crests at 26.00 feet, its second highest in recorded history.
- An F0 tornado briefly touches down along the northern fringes of the Charleston Air Force Base.
- Severe thunderstorms moved through parts of southeast Georgia, producing wind damage and hail as large as golf balls in Liberty and Long County. In addition, an EF1 tornado hits southeast of Townsend in McIntosh County, Georgia. The track of the tornado is 8 miles long and 770 yards wide. Although there was damage to trees and some structures, fortunately nobody was injured.More Details.
- The Savannah airport receives 3.50 inches of rainfall on this date, almost 1/2 inch greater than its entire April monthly average of 3.07 inches.
- The heaviest hailstone on record of 2.25 pounds fell in the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh.
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- An EF-1 tornado touches down near Townsend, GA with estimated 100 mph winds.More Details.
- The South Santee River near Jamestown crests at 32.00 feet, its second highest level in recorded history.
- The Charleston Airport receives it greatest calendar day rainfall in April, when 4.10 inches of rain was recorded.
- Strong offshore wind results in blow-out tides in the Fort Pulaski area.
- An F2 tornado is on the ground for 3 miles near Ulmer, SC in Allendale County, destroying twenty acres of watermelons and rolling over a large tractor several times. Later that day a second tornado, this time an F1 moves through Colleton County near Ritter and Green Pond.
- Severe thunderstorms produced 3 separate F1 tornadoes in Colleton County, resulting in 7 injuries. Thunderstorms winds also reached 60 mph in downtown Charleston. More Details.
- Charleston reported their latest freeze on record, with a temperature of 32 degrees. There were also reports of up to 3 inches of snow near Lake Moultrie.
- The "Turpentine Tornado" occurs near Walterboro in Colleton County, SC in the afternoon. It destroys a turpentine plant and numerous homes, and unfortunately there were deaths and injuries.
- The temperature falls to 32 degrees at the Savannah Airport, the latest date of a freeze at that location.
- Strong offshore wind results in blow-out tides along many coastal areas.
- A tornadic waterspout moves across Lake Moultrie and hits Saint Stephen as an EF1 tornado.
- The temperature at the Savannah Airport reaches 95 degrees, which ties it for the hottest in April at that site.
- Unusually high tides occur in the Fort Pulaski area resulting in minor coastal flooding.
- Today is the last day of a stretch of 199 straight days where the temperature failed to reach 80 degrees in downtown Charleston; its longest streak on record.
- What was a single tornado touches down in at least 9 areas as it moves east-northeast through Georgia. About 30 people were injured, but miraculously, no one was killed. Damage was estimated around $2 million. The tornado, rated an F2 traveled about 16 miles from rural Long County into Liberty County, hitting near the town of Fleming. Four homes were completely destroyed and 1 person was injured. When the tornado was moving through Liberty County, it was traveling more than 40 mph. It had one of the longest tracks of any tornado in Georgia, at close to 250 miles. The time between the first and last appearance of the tornado was about 7 hours.
- Just two days after blow-out tides occurred, an unusually high tide results in flooding over parts of coastal Georgia.
- An F1 tornado injures 2 and damages an house and or practically destroys 7 mobile homes, including one that flipped several times and was thrown into a nearby pond. The tornado occurs from 7 miles west of Metter to near Willow Lake Golf Club in the Metter area of GA. There are also 2 brief F0 tornadoes that cause minor damage to the east of Metter and in Bulloch County north of Pulaski.
- Unusually high tides occur, with flooding in parts of downtown Charleston and erosion along the South Carolina coast. The renourishment project that earlier occurred at Folly Beach is completely ruined by the high tides and erosion.
- An outbreak of severe weather hits parts of the area, with 39 reports of wind damage. This includes a tree down on a church near Mendes, GA and a tree down on I-95 near Walterboro, SC.
- A severe QLCS moved through all of southern SC and southeast GA during the late afternoon and evening with 36 reports of wind damage. This included a fallen tree that brushed a house near Summerville, SC, a tree down on a garage and vehicle in Goose Creek, SC and a tree on a vehicle in Walthourville, GA.
- An unseasonably deep upper level trough of low pressure and associated surface low pressure affected the region during the early to mid afternoon hours. Very strong low to mid-level wind fields and ample forcing contributed to the development of a strong squall line of thunderstorms, which produced widespread damaging winds ahead of a surface cold front tracking east through Southeast South Carolina. There were several dozens of reports of severe weather as a result.
- The latest freeze occurs at the Charleston Airport on this date.
- But in contrast the highest April temperature at the Charleston Airport occurs on this date when the temperature reaches 95 degrees.
- Two days of rain generates as much as 3 to 5 inches across many areas from Beaufort and Jasper County into much of southeast Georgia. More Details.
- A waterspout was sighted about 2 to 3 miles off the coast of Isle of Palms.
- Large hail fell in various areas of southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia, while strong thunderstorm winds forced a sailboat to run aground at the jetties near the entrance to the Charleston Harbor.
- The temperature of 41 degrees in downtown Charleston that occurred on this date is the coldest temperature at that location so late in the spring season.
- An F1 tornado is on the ground for around 5 miles as it skirts the eastern portions of the Savannah city limits before dissipating as it reaches the Savannah River. There are no reports of injuries or fatalities.
- An F1 tornado travels about 1/2 mile and causes minor damage near St. George in Dorchester County. There is also an F1 tornado that tracks 5 miles across far northern Candler County, GA. It causes livestock to be killed, minor damage to a home, a boat lifted off a trailer and thrown 1/4 mile and damage to farm equipment.
- One inch hail fell in parts of Effingham County, Georgia.
- Severe weather hits parts of southeast Georgia, including an F1 tornado that touches down at least three times near Hilltonia along its 6 mile path. There were also winds near 70 mph in a severe storm in parts of Screven County, and an F2 in Tattnall County that demolishes 3 mobiles homes and injures 3 people north of Glennville.
- Downtown Charleston reaches its hottest April temperature on record at 94 degrees.
- Five swimmers caught in rip currents were rescued at Tybee Island.
- A severe thunderstorm produces a wind gust of 67 mph at the south end of Tybee Island.
- The second big rain event in just a few days impacts the area, with many places receiving more than 3 inches of rainfall. The greatest amounts this time were in the Charleston area, where over 4 to 5 inches occurred. More Details.
- Today is the last day of a stretch of 194 straight days where the temperature failed to reach 80 degrees in the Savannah area; it's longest streak on record.
- The temperature at the Savannah airport reaches 94 degrees, the second highest on record for the month of April in the Savannah area.
- An F1 tornado briefly touches down in the city of Allendale, SC causing an estimated $250,000 damage.
- Two people are caught in a large rip current on Isle of Palms, SC and are transported to the hospital.
- An F4 tornado kills at least 40 people and injures at least 300 in southeast Georgia. The tornado had an average path width of 800 yards and a path length of 55 miles. It reached a path width of 1 mile in Bulloch County, where 31 people were killed.
- Beaufort, South Carolina reaches their hottest April temperature on record with a reading of 95 degrees.
- Severe thunderstorms impacted parts of southeast GA, with numerous reports of trees and powerlines down in several different counties. One of the storms produced a wind gust of 81 mph at the Savannah airport and damaged several aircrafts. Storms also produced a wind gust of 91 mph on an elevated crane and knocked over a shipping crane at the GA Ports Authority.
- A small M0.9 earthquake occurs in Summerville during the pre-dawn hours.
- There are 4 reported tornadoes that impact parts of the SC Lowcountry in about an hours time. There was an F1 west of Walterboro, another F1 in Summerville and a third F1 in the Francis Marion National Forecast east of Huger that dissipates north of Awendaw. An F0 tornado also occurs south of Givhans in Dorchester County.
- Quarter sized hail fell near Ulmer, in Allendale County of South Carolina.
- Severe thunderstorms produce hail as large as tennis balls (2 1/2 inches) at Richmond Hill and up to golf ball sized hail (1 2/4 inches) near Burroughs and near Richmond Hill in Georgia.
- An F1 tornado travels about 3/4 mile through Berkeley County, not far from Cypress Gardens.
- An F1 tornado struck the Statesboro Airport, damaging 4 planes and leaving them placed in a circle.
- The temperature at the Savannah Airport reaches 95 degrees, which ties it for the hottest in April at that site.
- The temperature at Summerville, South Carolina reaches 96 degrees, the hottest in April for that site.
- The river level on the South Santee near Jamestown fell to 1.83 feet, its second lowest on record.
- An F0 tornado near Canadys in Colleton County moved a tornado off its foundation, and damaged roofs to a barn and garage.
- Downtown Charleston receives 3.67 inches of rain on this date, its greatest 1-day rainfall in April.
- An F1 tornado is on the ground for 3 miles near Huger in Berkeley County, causing an estimated $50,000 damage.
- Strong offshore wind results in blow-out tides in the Fort Pulaski area.
- In the southeast part of Texas, the community of Taylor is deluged with 2.4 inches of rain in just 15 minutes.
- The low temperature of 45 degrees in downtown Charleston is the coldest so late in the spring season.
- The Savannah Airport gets dumped on with 5.62 inches of rain, its greatest 1-day total for April.
- The month ends as the warmest April on record for both the Charleston airport and the Savannah airport. At Charleston the mean monthly temperature was 70.1 degrees, while at Savannah the mean temperature was 71.0 degrees.
- The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network officially starts in Georgia. More Details
- The coldest recorded May temperatures occur at both the Charleston and Savannah airports. Charleston drops to 36 degrees and Savannah falls to 39 degrees.
- Large tornadoes sweep through the Charleston Harbor, when a British fleet of 40 sails were at anchor. It raised a wave 12 feet high, leaving many vessels on their beam ends. Four people drowned.
- A 10 mile long F1 tornado moves through Hampton County, traveling from near Estill to an area south of Varnville before dissipating.
- An F2 tornado travels from Clyo, GA and then crosses the Savannah River, before dissipating northwest of Tillman, in Jasper County, SC.
- Almost simultaneously, F1 tornadoes occur near Pritchardville in Beaufort County and 3-4 miles east of Hardeeville, SC. Two mobile homes were destroyed in the Beaufort County tornado, while a 48 foot fishing boat sank off Hilton Head Island during severe thunderstorms a short time later. Meanwhile, there are 4 other tornadoes that occurred in southeast GA. An F1 near Excelsior in Candler County, an F2 that tracks 20 miles through Bulloch County from near Register to near the Screven County line which injures 30, destroys 30 homes and also produces golf ball sized hail. Two other F1 tornadoes occur in the Hillview Community of northern Tattnall County and in the northern part of Effingham County.
- A devastating F5 tornado hits Oklahoma City with the highest winds ever measured in a tornado at 318 mph! More Details
- Today is National Weather Observers Day, a special day for everyone that enjoys watching and observing the weather. If you're interested in becoming a Storm Spotter, go to our webpage for more information. More Details
- Severe thunderstorms that knocked homes off their foundations in Lee County of SC weakened by the time they reached the local area. However, they did produce winds as high as 30 mph at the Savannah airport and 23 mph at the airport in Charleston.
- A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms developed over Dorchester County, racing east at 50 mph. Several funnel clouds developed in the cluster, with three of them briefly touching the ground as F0 tornadoes. The first occurred just outside St. George, the second west of Ridegville and the third near Goose Creek in Berkeley County.
- Severe thunderstorms impacted many areas of SC and GA, generating 4 confirmed tornadoes. One was a high end EF-1 near Garden City outside of Savannah, with maximum winds of 110 mph that injured 5 people. Another EF-1 hit Hendersonville in Colleton County, a third EF-1 struck near Walterboro and the final EF-1 tornado struck near Canadys, SC. More Details
- An EF-1 tornado, with winds as high as 105 mph, impacts parts of Whitemarsh and Wilmington Island of Chatham County, GA. It likely developed as a waterspout on the Wilmington River, before moving onshore and hitting the Savannah Yacht Club on Whitemarsh Island. The tornado travelled eastward for more than 2 miles, before dissipating near the Goodwill Store on Wilmington Island. More Details
- A severe thunderstorm produces golf ball sized hail and heavy rains in Savannah. There is water damage in some buildings and downed trees crushed two cars.
- Severe weather impacts the area from the lower Ohio Valley to the Carolinas and Virginia. Storms weakened as they reached the local area, but still did produce a wind gust of 39 mph at the Charleston airport.
- Temperatures across the area reached the mid and upper 90s; including 99 degrees from a Cooperative Observer near Millen.
- A short lived F1 tornado touches down just west of Walterboro, SC and causes 1 injury. A short time later an F0 tornado briefly touches down in far northern Dorchester County near Indian Field Swamp to the north of St. George.
- An F1 tornado tracks through an area near Jedberg in Dorchester County, SC, twisting and shearing off tree tops. There was also roof damage to homes and an industrial plant, and the tornado displaced 4000 pound bales of steel wire at the plant. No Injuries were reported.
- A mile wide tornado destroys the town of Natchez, Mississippi about noontime, leaving 317 people dead. This was the worst tornado in the history of the United States that occurred before the establishment of the Weather Bureau.
- The observation site in Savannah receives 2.10 inches of rainfall, a record for the date.
- A short-lived F0 tornado touches down north of Moncks Corner, SC.
- Severe thunderstorms produced hail 2 1/2 inches in diameter on Sullivans Island, SC.
- A brief F0 tornado touches down near St. Stephen in Berkeley County, SC.
- Lifeguards on Isle of Palms report several cuts in the sandbar and gulleys in various places along the beach. The result is several rip currents, including 1 where a 20 year old drowns after being caught in a rip current just north of the county park.
- The record low temperature of 43 degrees for the date at the Savannah airport is its coldest so late in the spring season.
- Shortly after midnight an F1 tornado briefly touches down near St. Stephen in Berkeley County, with the portion of a roof taken off and numerous trees snapped off and uprooted. Later that day a brief F0 tornado touches down in the Savannah area and causes minor damage to a local mall.
- A strong onshore flow resulted in several rip currents along coastal GA. Tybee Island Ocean Rescue reported several rip currents that were 25 to 40 feet wide and going out 200 feet from shore along Tybee Beach between 16th and 17th Street.
- The lifeguards at the county park on Isle of Palms reported several rip currents throughout the day, including 5 rescues near the pier.
- Severe storms knocked down several trees in a few counties from Berkeley County to Chatham County.
- For the third consecutive year on this date, the town of Codell, Kansas is struck by a tornado. The tornadoes are estimated to be F2, F3 and F4 respectively on the Fujita Scale.
- The Cooperative Observer near Millen records a maximum temperature of 100 degrees.
- Severe thunderstorms struck the SC Low Country, producing a rare F2 tornado near Ladson and Goose Creek. A total of four tornadoes were reported, with the first an F0 that occurred northeast of St. George in Dorchester County. A second F0 formed a short time later near Summerville, followed by the F2 that was on the ground for 10 miles, and finally another F0 near St. Stephen in Berkeley County. There were 442 homes damaged (17 destroyed, 113 major damage, and the remainder had minor damage. Areas hardest hit were Frankie Lane and Royale Road, where numerous mobile homes were located. There was a 90 year old female who was injured severely when her mobile home was flipped and thrown more than 40 feet. She died several hours later. Several eye witnesses reported seeing vortices rotating around the main funnel. This fact was born out by the damage pattern in several areas. Meanwhile in GA, a brief F1 tornado touches down near Newington in Screven County, causing around $10,000 damage. More Details
- Severe thunderstorms produced winds as high as 75 mph at the NOS gage in downtown Charleston.
- Today marks the anniversary of the so-called Mothers Day Tornado Outbreak, with reports of 5 tornadoes, wind damage and severe hail in the local area. This included an EF-4 tornado in McIntosh County, GA. More Details.
- Downtown Charleston receives 4.70 inches of rain on this date.
- A world record rain occurs when a mind-boggling 7.80 inches of rain falls in just 15 minutes at Plumb Point in Jamaica. Meanwhile locally, it was a dry and warm day with highs in the middle 80s.
- Dust from the Great Plains reached into the local region, with visibilities reduced to near 4 or 5 miles in the Charleston and Savannah areas.
- An F1 tornado briefly touches down near Millen, GA, while in Screven County there are reports of hail as large as 2 1/4 inches in diameter, destroying or damaging many crops.
- Widespread severe weather occurs during the pre-dawn and early morning hours across southeast GA, including 4 tornadoes. The first is a 9 1/2 mile track F2 tornado that cuts through the Glennville area of Tattnall County, killing 7 and injuring 4 others. The second was an F1 near Rincon and Springfield that killed 3 and injured 5 others. The next was an F1 near Denmark that kills 6 and injures 5. Miraculously there were 6 family members that escaped serious injury as their trailed blew their trailer 200 ft into a tree and disintegrating it. The last tornado is an F2 that kills 2 and injures 4 at Gum Branch near the Long and Libert County line. In Chatham County on Wilmington Island a boat house and four boats are severely damaged by a severe storm. Finally, an F1 tornado touches down for 1 1/2 miles as it moves through Summerville, SC.
- Nine rip currents were observed in the afternoon along a large portion of Tybee Island.
- Unusually high tides occur in the Fort Pulaski area, resulting in coastal flooding over parts of southeast GA.
- The temperature of 98 degrees at the airport in Savannah is not only a record for the date, but also the hottest so early in the year for that location.
- An outbreak of severe weather impacts the area with 48 reports of hail and wind damage. This included an F1 tornado near Ravenel, SC and an F0 near Cainhoy, SC. There was hail as big as tennis balls near Ruffin, SC, with 2 inch hail in Port Wentworth, GA and Walterboro, SC. A car dealership in Rincon suffered $1 million damage to their cars due to large hail.
- A small M1.8 earthquake occurs just south of Summerville, SC.
- Two people were caught in a large and strong rip current at 15th Street on Tybee Island. The llifeguards and the Fire and Rescue were immediately on the scene and rescued both persons. Once back on shore, one person collapsed and went unresponsive. That person was taken to the hospital, and later was reported as stable and most likely released from the hospital.
- A waterspout occurs on Lake Moultrie.
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- The temperature in downtown Charleston falls to 45 degrees, making it the coldest May day in recorded history.
- Golf ball sized hail damages cars, trucks and considerable crops in Claxton, GA.
- A brief F0 tornado touches down on Tybee island, causing damage to trees.
- Two brief F0 tornadoes are reported in Berkeley County, SC. The first near St. Stephen and the second in Bonneau.
- A widespread severe weather outbreak hits the area, with a phlethora of reports of hail and wind damage. This includes a report of hail in Smoaks, SC as large as 3 inches in diameter.
- Tropical Storm Alberto develops about 140 miles east southeast of Charleston and moves south. Highest winds were 46 mph at the buoy at Grays Reef.
- A M1.2 earthquake occurs near Summerville, SC.
- An EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 95 mph impacts a small area on Johns Island, SC. More Details
- An F1 tornado briefly touches down about halfway between Hinesville and Midway, GA.
- A small F2 tornado touched down at the Savannah Golf Club, and unfortunately injures two people.
- The greatest 1 day rainfall in May for downtown Charleston occurs, when they receive 5.40 inches of rain.
- An EF-1 tornado touches down near the southern end of Wilmington Island, GA, before strengthening to an EF-2 tornado as it approached Fort Pulaski. The tornado exited into he Atlantic as a strong tornado/waterspout where it apsized a 48 foot fishing vessel, the "Miss Debbie". Three crew members went missing and unfortunately were presumed to be dead.
- The Canoochee River near Claxton peaks at 16.58 feet. This is the second highest since records began, and floods homes in the area.
- A waterspout is sighted 1 mile east of Tybee Island.
- Sub-tropical storm Beryl was situated far out in the Atlantic, but its associated swell energy at the beaches resulted in rip currents and 48 rip current related rescues on Tybee Island.
- The temperature at the Savannah airport reaches 102 degrees, making it the hottest recorded temperature on record at that location.
- A brief EF0 tornado touched down in the morning in Ritter of Colleton County, SC. Several pine trees were knocked down and an outbuilding was destroyed. Thankfully there were no injuries.
- A coastal storm that occurs on the Friday and Saturday of the Memorial Day weekend produces between 1.5 and 3 inches of rainfall across many areas, along with winds of 35 to 45 mph along the coastal counties from Chatham to Charleston. However, winds reached 53 mph at the south end of Folly Beach in the County Park. The highest winds over the Atlantic included 60 mph at Buoy 41004 (Edisto Buoy) and at Buoy 41066 (Charleston Buoy). More Details.
- A brief F0 tornado touches down in McIntosh County, near Eulonia, GA.
- The 48 degree reading at the airport in Savannah and the 45 degree reading at the airport in Charleston are their coldest temperatures so late in the spring season.
- An F1 tornado moved northward through downtown Summerville, causing extensive damage to businesses over a 6 block area.
- As Tropical Storm Beryl moves west across northeast FL, the system produces dangerous surf on the GA beaches, with numerous rip currents on Tybee island.
- Tropical Storm Bonnie impacts the area as it makes landfall as a tropical depression north of Isle of Palms, SC the morning of the 29th, makes a complete counter-clockwise loop before emerging into Bulls Bay, SC early on the 30th. It then skirts the coast of far northern Charleston County the morning of the 30th, before pulling quickly away to the northeast. While there were wind gusts to as high as 40 mph in a few places, the biggest impacts occurred from torrential rains. Many locations received as much as 4 to 8 inches of rain, with the highest amount of an incredible 10.36 inches near Ridgeland, SC. This resulted in water entering some homes and businesses, and actually shut down parts of I-95 due to the flooding rains.
- The temperature at the Charleston airport reaches 101 degrees, which tied the hottest recorded temperature at that location for the month of May.
- The temperature at Savannah reaches 101 degrees, tying it for the hottest in May.
- Strong winds accompanied by heavy rain swept through the Savannah area, toppling partially complete concrete walls at a construction site and injuring 3 workers.
- A 4 mile long F1 tornado moves across James Island, SC and damages or destroys several large road signs, uproots trees or snaps them off, and causes minor damage to several homes. Thankfully no injuries were reported. The tornado then passes into Charleston Harbor as a large waterspout.
- Six people are rescued in rip currents at the Isle of Palms County Park.
- A tropical storm makes landfall near Hilton Head Island.
- The temperature at the Savannah airport reaches 101 degrees, tying it for the hottest in May. Also, the total rainfall at the Charleston airport from March 1 through May 31 was only 2.60 inches. This is the lowest total on record for those 3 spring months.
- An F0 tornado travels northeast for more than 4 miles from near Cottageville then crosses the Edisto River and dissipates just inside Dorchester County, SC.
- Several waterspouts are sighted off the coast of Tybee Island.
- One person drowns in a rip current on Hilton Head Island.
- An active day for waterspouts, with sightings 3 miles southeast of Fort Sumter, another near Fort Pulaski and a brief EF-0 tornado on Kiawah Island that may have initially developed as a waterspout before it moved onshore. More Details
- The month ends as the wettest May on record at the Savannah airport, with total rainfall for the month of 11.54 inches.
- The month ends as the wettest May on record at the Charleston airport, with a total rainfall for the month of 10.62 inches.
- The month ends as the warmest May on record for both the Charleston and Savannah airports, which featured a 7 day stretch of temperatures reaching near or above 100 degrees in many areas during this time. More Details
- The temperature in downtown Charleston reaches 100 degrees, making it the earliest to reach the century mark at that location.
- Tybee Island lifeguards reported numerous rip currents resulting in 3 rescues and 9 assists during the day.
- The coldest June temperature at the Charleston airport occurs, when the mercury drops to 50 degrees.
- Downtown Charleston records a temperature of 104 degrees, tying it for the hottest temperature in recorded history. Meanwhile, the Savannah airport also reaches 104 degrees, making it the hottest in June for that location.
- A brief waterspout is observed by the Beaufort County EM just off the coast of Hilton Head Island.
- A hurricane struck South Carolina with a glancing blow, resulting in trees and fences that were leveled in Charleston.
- In the midst of an early season heat wave that lasted several days, temperatures around the area topped out over 100 degrees. This included 108 at Yemassee, 104 near Millen, and 103 at Fort Stewart and the Savannah airport.
- Waterspouts are sighted off the coast of Kiawah and Edisto Island.
- Severe thunderstorms produced numerous reports of wind damage and hail across southeast Georgia. The hail was as large as the size of baseballs near Hinesville and as large as golf balls near McIntosh in Liberty County.
- The NWS Storm Survey determined that 2 EF-1 tornadoes touched down in northern Dorchester County.
- Multicell thunderstorms developed within an unsatble and sheared environment with a nearby stationary front. There were reports of large hail, some as big as ping pong balls, and trees blown down at scattered locations.
- Today is the last day of a stretch of 275 straight days where the temperature failed to reach 90 degrees at the Charleston airport; tying it for the longest streak on record.
- One waterspout is sighted off the coast of Hilton Head Island, and later moves onshore as an F1 tornado that travels 3 miles across the island.
- For the second day in a row severe storms impacted parts of southeast Georgia. Hail was reported as large as golf balls near Riceboro.
- There are torrential rains across parts of the Charleston tri-county region, with as much as 5 to 8 inches in some locations. This includes around 7 inches in 2 hours over College Park in Berkeley County and around 8 inches in Knightsville of Dorchester County in 3 hours time.
- Three children were rescued from a persistent rip current near 15th Street on Tybee Island.
- Downtown Charleston gets dumped on with 7.38 inches of rainfall.
- A waterspout occurs in the Cooper River between Daniel Island and Drum Island near Charleston.
- Tropical Storm Colin moves through the northeast Gulf of Mexico late on the 6th, across northern Florida after midnight, before emerging in the Atlantic off the coast of Georgia early on the 7th. As much as 3-4 inches of rain fell, there were reports of flash flooding in parts of Hampton and Jasper counties, and roads were closed in parts of downtown Charleston due to elevated tides. The highest winds were 43 knots at Buoy 41004 and 53 mph on Sapelo Island.
- A waterspout was spotted off the northern end of Tybee Island, and lasted approximately 7 minutes before dissipating.
- A 19 year old male drowns after being caught in what is believed to have been a rip current at Tybee Island, GA.
- Tropical Storm Abby crossed northeast from near Augusta, GA into the upstate of SC. Wind gusts reached near 50 mph along the coast of SC, with moderate erosion along the coast reported from Tybee Island to McClellanville. A waterspout associated with the fringes of Abby moved onshore as a brief F0 tornado over the northeast part of Isle of Palms, SC.
- Severe thunderstorms destroyed several mobile homes in Jedburg, SC, while an F1 tornado skipped along for 4 miles in Dorchester County and causes considerable damage to trees, powerlines and one house. The tornado first touched down 1 mile northeast of Grover, SC and then moved to near Byrd, SC.
- A funnel cloud that passed over the Carnes Crossroads in Berkeley County, touched down briefly 7 miles southwest of Moncks Corner as a F0 tornado, damaging a mobile home and nearby metal sheds.
- For the second day in a row a waterspout occurs in the Cooper River. This time it occurs north of the Don Holt Bridge in the North Charleston area.
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- Tropical Storm Andrea moves northeast through southeast GA and southern SC during the morning hours, with winds as high as 40 to 54 mph, rainfall as much as 5 to 7 inches and produces 2 rip currents at the Isle of Palms. More Details.
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- Four to five foot breakers lingering at the beaches from Tropical Storm Colin off the North Carolina coast produced a large rip current on the north end of Isle of Palms between 41st and 42nd Avenue. Two separate individuals had to be rescued from the rip current. Earlier in the day a small M1.8 earthquake occurs near Summerville.
- There was a sighting of a waterspout off the coast of Hunting Island, SC.
- During the early morning a tropical storm moves across southeast Georgia and extreme southern South Carolina, before emerging in the Atlantic near Edisto Beach.
- An F1 tornado touched down 9 miles west of Sylvania, GA.
- A waterspout was observed on the northern end of Lake Moultrie, but dissipated before making landfall. Also, two people were rescued in a rip current at the Folly Beach County Park.
- Tybee Ocean Rescue reports numerous rip currents occurring on the main section of the beach, extending offshore 30 to 50 yards. One six-year old child was rescued before encountering the jetties.
- Severe thunderstorms impacted many areas of Beaufort County, as well as parts of Jasper and Chatham County. The damage is mainly due to trees reported down, but also lightning strikes that caused fires near Pritchardsville, SC and near Pooler, GA.
- An F0 tornado briefly touches down in Cross, SC not far from Lake Moultrie.
- The Charleston area receives record rainfall. Downtown Charleston receives not only its greatest June 1 day rainfall, but also its greatest 1 day rainfall for any month, when 10.38 inches of rain occurs. The Charleston airport receives 9.40 inches, the most ever in June since record keeping began.
- Low pressure off the southeast coast produced numerous rip currents that required 4 rescues on Tybee Island.
- An EF-1 tornado with estimated winds of 85 to 90 mph occurs south of Ridgeland in Jasper County, SC. More Details
- A waterspout was reported by the Edisto Police Department just off the coast of Edisto Island.
- A teenager unfortunately drowns due to a rip tide in Skull Inlet, between the southern end of Fripp Island and the northern end of Pritchards Island.
- An earthquake of intensity V is felt near Savannah.
- The morning low temperatures of 49 degrees at both the Savannah and in downtown Charleston is the coldest for the month of June.
- The morning low temperature of 50 degrees at the Charleston airport in the coldest for the month of June.
- A large thunderstorm that caused an F1 tornado travels northwest for 7 miles from Pritchards Island to Harbor Island in Beaufort County. It caused considerable damage to trees and one dormitory, the evacuation of 150 people and more than 100 power power outages.
- The remnants of Tropical Storm Allison moved through the southeast states, producing 8 tornadoes in southern South Carolina. Fortunately none of them produced any major damage.
- An F1 tornado that's on the ground for 3 miles causes numerous trees to be snapped or uprooted outside of Allendale and to the west of Seigling, SC.
- Four different waterspouts are reported near and off the coast of Folly Beach.
- There was a sighting of a short-lived waterspout off the coast of the Isle of Palms County Park.
- A waterspout was sighted just off the coast of Kiawah Island before dissipating.
- Heavy rainfall occurs across much of the area, with average amounts of 1 to 3 inches, except in Charleston County where generally 3 to 5 inches fell. This included more than 2 inches in one hour across parts of downtown Charleston, where flash flooding occurred. Numerous roads were closed and several businesses were impacted, mainly along Market Street. In addition, a teenage girl was struck and killed by lightning while in the water near 17th Street on Tybee Island earlier in the day.
- NWS damage survey confirms brief F0 tornado touch down near the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital. Storm track was 1 mile long with tornado path 30 yards. Tree damage was observed at the MUSC Hospital parking lot as well as numerous cars damaged from flying debris at the hospital and nearby hotel parking lot. The tornado crossed Highway 17 and produced additional tree damage off Lockwood Blvd and damaged police cars at the Charleston Police station motorpool. Other F0 tornadoes that day were reported in Laurel Bay in Beaufort County, near Awendaw and in Lincolnville of Charleston County, and in Cross of Berkeley County. In southeast GA, an F1 touched down near Thunderbolt in Chatham County, damaging 20 homes and several vehicles. Finally an F0 tornado touched down near Springfield, causing just minor damage.
- A long lasting waterspout develops off the coast near the Folly Pier.
- After more than a week of showers and thunderstorms every day, excessive rainfall finally comes to an end. On average there is as much as 5-10 inches of rain across the area since June 4, but some areas received even higher amounts. Some of the higher amounts were 16.58 inches near Bluffton, 14.52 inches on Edisto Beach, 14.04 inches near Beaufort and 13.10 inches near Savannah.More Details
- Excessive heat occurs across the area, with heat indices as high as 110 to 116 degrees.
- Today is the last day of a stretch of 275 straight days where the temperature failed to reach 90 degrees at the Charleston airport; tying it for the longest streak on record.
- Seven tornadoes occur as the result of Tropical Storm Alberto. This includes an EF-1 in Chatham County. More Details
- Excessive heat occurs across the area for the second day in a row, with heat indices reaching as high as 110 to 117 degrees.
- Severe weather occurs across many areas, including an EF0 tornado near Brooklet and an EF1 tornado near Guyton. More Details
- The minimum temperature at the airport in Savannah falls to only 83 degrees; its highest minimum temperature for the month of June on record.
- An F0 tornado briefly touches down in the Pinckney National Wildlife Refuge, causing very little damage.
- The minimum temperature in downtown Charleston falls to only 84 degrees; its highest minimum temperature for the month of June on record.
- Strong to severe thunderstorms impact parts of the area with large hail and wind damage. The largest hail is golf ball size in Pineora of Effingham County, GA.
- An F1 tornado moves through a recreational area on Hilton Head Island, destroying a mobile home and injuring four people.
- Severe thunderstorms with wind damage and hail as large as 1.5 to 1.75 inches impacts parts of southeast Georgia, as well as Jasper and Beaufort County in South Carolina.
- Northeast flow between 15-20 knots persisted between a wedge of high pressure north of the region and low pressure over the Atlantic. Conditions remained favorable through the day for rip currents along the southeast Georgia coast. As a result, Tybee Island lifeguards reported 6 rip current related rescues.
- The lowest recorded level occurs on the Canoochee River near Claxton, with a gage reading of 0.87 feet. The Ohoopee River near Reidsville also records their lowest level, with a gage reading of 0.44 feet.
- A waterspout is sighted near the mouth of the Charleston Harbor.
- A widespread severe weather event unfolded as a severe QLCS marched through the entire forecast area from north to south. Extreme instability with temperatures in the mid and upper 90s and dew points in the 70s, plus the approach of a pre-frontal surface trough and a positively tilted upper level trough caused wind damage reports in every county of the Charleston forecast area. With over 90 reports of wind damage, this was the most extensive severe weather event in the local area since 2006. More Details
- Another widespread severe weather event occurs across the area, with 86 reports of severe weather in the evening, mostly due to trees down and hail. Some of the more impressive severe weather included straight line winds of 70-75 mph in West Ashley and golf ball sized hail in Almeda of Hampton County.
- A sub-tropical storm moves across the Florida peninsula and passes just offshore of the GA and SC coasts, bringing with it as much as 3-6 inches of rain in many locations.
- Extremely high tides occur in the Charleston area, resulting in areas of coastal flooding.
- A busy day for waterspouts, with sightings off the coast of Isle of Palms, Edisto Beach and Hilton Head Island.
- An outbreak of severe weather hits parts of the area during the late evening hours. There are 35 reports of wind damage as a result.
- A 46 year old man unfortunately drowns in what may have been a rip current at the beach on Tybee Island. There are 18 rip current related rescues that also occurred.
- A M3.9 earthquake occurs during the pre-dawn hours near Metter, GA.
- Famed weather historian David Ludlum wrote that a large tornado formed over central New Jersey and hit the town of New Brunswick. Debris was thrown into Manhattan, New York. Although the tornado unfortunately caused death and destruction, its occurrence proved fortunate for meteorologists that were able to study firsthand the track of such a storm.
- An F1 tornado struck a farm near Reidsville, demolishing one building and doing extensive damage to others.
- An EF 1 tornado occurs in Chatham County near Montgomery Crossroads and Harry Truman Parkway, with winds of 90-100 mph. More Details
- Two to four inches or rain occurs in a short period of time in the Charleston metro area. This happens unfortunately during the evening rush hour and at high tide. This creates significant flooding of roads and generates an extensive traffic nightmare with road closures and a few vehicles stranded in the rainwater.
- Tybee Ocean Rescue reported numerous rip currents occurring along all portions of the Tybee Island coast with several rescues required. Meanwhile on Folly Beach there were 2 rip currents and 2 rescues that were necessary.
- For the second year in a row there are rip currents on Tybee Island, resulting in five rescues by the lifeguards.
- There were at least two or three waterspouts sighted by the lifeguards off the coast of Hilton Head Island near Sea Pines.
- Two swimmers were rescued near Chatham Avenue on Tybee Island. One was caught in a strong rip current. The other couldn't overpower the tidal currents due to the large swing in tide. Both were taken to the hospital and later released.
- A waterspout is sighted 2 miles southeast of downtown Charleston.
- A microbusrt results in a roof collapsing at the Badcock Furniture store in the city of Hampton, SC. Five people that were inside were pulled to safety and not injured. An adjacent business had the roof lifted up and windows blown out, while at the nearby Food Lion supermarket ceiling tiles were blown out of the building. There was also minor damage to the Ben Hazel Primary school and several trees were knocked down in and around the city.
- An impressive squall line developed as a strong shortwave interacted with a very unstable atmosphere, resulting in over 3 dozen severe weather reports, most of which were trees that were knocked down in several of our local counties.
- Tropical Depression Claudette passes through northern Georgia and into northern South Carolina. The main impacts to the local area are winds in showers and thunderstorms, which were as high as 51 mph at Shutes Folly in Charleston Harbor, 50 mph on Tybee Island, 47 mph in Calibogue Sound, 46 mph on Folly Beach and 45 mph at the Beaufort Marine Corp Air Station. Rainfall amounts reach 2 to 3 inches over parts of the SC Low Country, 2 inches in Statesboro, GA and the greatest amount of 3.73 in Newington, GA.
- An F1 tornado briefly touches down in Summerville and damages 6 homes.
- Extremely high tides occur in the Charleston area, resulting in areas of coastal flooding.
- An F0 tornado touched down briefly along Highway 121 west of Mendes in Tattnall County, GA and knocks trees down across the highway.
- The Charleston Tri-County area receives severe thunderstorms, some producing hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter, plus a brief EF-0 tornado in Berkeley County to the southwest of Cross. There was unfortunately one injury.
- There are several rip currents reported on Tybee Island, with one person rescued after being caught in one of those rip currents.
- A category 1 hurricane hits near Charleston.
- An F1 tornado is on the ground for 2 miles as it moves through parts of the city of Hampton, SC. Fortunately there is only minor roof damage along with numerous trees down.
- Significant flooding and beach erosion occurs along the coast of southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia. Tides were unusually high as a result of the Perigean Spring Tide. More Details
- Severe thunderstorms during the evening produced wind gusts of 64 mph and 68 mph at the Savannah airport. This would also be the last day in a stretch of about 9 or 10 straight days with the temperature of 95 degrees or higher across much of the area.
- A short wave in the northwest flow aloft, plus the consolidations of upstream convection and ongoing boundaries in and near the area, led to the formation of two cold pooling MCS's. The first in the morning led to around 20 reports of severe weather, mainly due to damaging winds. There was also a 20 foot boat that capsized due to the strong winds and large waves off of Morris Island. Three men were rescued by the Fire Department. The second MCS in the afternoon and evening produced close to three dozen reports of severe weather, with damaging winds the main hazard in several of the local counties.
- Eleven rip currents are reported along the entire stretch of Tybee Island.
- The temperature falls to an all-time record low at the South Pole in Antarctica, when the mercury plummets to minus 117 degrees Fahrenheit. Meanwhile locally on this date, thunderstorms dumped 2.31 inches of rain at the airport in Savannah.
- Tybee Island lifeguards reported 3 rescues and 9 assists due to rip currents.
- The Savannah airport receives its greatest 1-day total, when an incredible 6.65 inches of rain occurs. Also, a waterspout was sighted in the Beaufort River, not far from Waterfront Park in Beaufort.
- Today is the last day of a stretch of 286 straight days where the temperature failed to reach 90 degrees in the Savannah area; its longest streak on record.
- An F1 tornado briefly touches down south of Sylvania, damaging a few homes and a corn crop.
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- Several waterspouts were sighted just off the coast of Tybee Island.
- A tropical storm strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane as it moves north and northeast just off the Georgia and South Carolina coasts.
- Four people are caught in a rip current on Sullivans Island. While 3 of them are rescued, the fourth unfortunately drowns.
- There was a magnitude 2.0 earthquake about 12 miles west of Allendale, SC near the Savannah River.
- A waterspout is sighted about 2 miles off the coast of Isle of Palms.
- An 18 year old male drowned when he was cuaght in a rip current on Tybee Island.
- A small child is rescued in a rip current near the Folly Beach Pier. Also, near Reevesville in Dorchester County, a severe thunderstorms produces golf ball sized hail.
- Severe thunderstorms produced hail as large as tennis balls, or around 2.5 inches in diameter in the Shadowmoss area of West Ashley near Charleston.
- Summerville in South Carolina receives 8.80 inches of rain on this date.
- An F1 tornado touches down in the old village area of Mt. Pleasant, SC, causing damage to several homes and uprooting numerous trees.
- There are several rescues from rip currents on Tybee Island.
- An EF 0 tornado, with estimated winds of 70 to 80 mph occurs in Hanahan, SC. More Details
- Three waterspouts are sighted a few miles off the southern end of Tybee Island.
- Downtown Charleston receives 3.69 inches of rain on this date.
- A waterspout is reported about 5 to 10 miles off the coast of Hilton Head Island.
- There are reports of waterspouts near Little Tybee Island and also near Wilmington Island, GA.
- There are reports of as many as 7 waterspouts in the morning off the coast of Charleston and Hilton Head.
- A thunderstorm produces nickel sized hail that covers lawns in Savannah.
- A severe thunderstorm destroys 5 mobile homes and damages 3 others 12 miles southeast of Reidsville, GA. Six workers living in the mobile homes suffered minor injuries.
- The Savannah airport receives a whopping 6.60 inches of rain on this date.
- A waterspout in the Wilmington River comes close to moving onshore near Thunderbolt outside of Savannah, before dissipating.
- An EF 0 tornado hits Johns Island, resulting in 60 to 70 mph winds. More Details
- Tybee Island lifeguards reported numerous rip currents, resulting in 9 rescues.
- There are reports of 2 waterspouts off Edisto Beach, another off the coast of Isle of Palms and yet another off the coast of Seabrook Island.
- Local media provided aerial pictures of Tybee Beach showing a countless amount of rip currents. Some of them are described as strong and very well defined.
- Two swimmers were rescued from a rip current on Tybee Island, with reports of numerous strong rip currents along the beach through the day.
- A tornado moved over Port Royal Sound in Beaufort County. It strikes the schooner "Alligator" and sinks it.
- A waterspout occurs near Ladys Island in Beaufort County, then moves onshore as an F0 tornado.
- Beaufort receives 7.65 inches of rain on this date.
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- The month ends with the warmest June on record at the Charleston airport. The average temperature for the month was 83.4 degrees, while normal is 79 degrees. More Details
- Excessive heat impacted many parts of southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia, with maximum heat indices of 114-121 degrees.
- There was an unfortunate drowning on the north end of Isle of Palms, SC due to what may have been a rip current. Also, a brief waterspout was sighted just off the coast of Hilton Head Island, while torrential rains produced 1.65 inches of rain in 1 hours time in Mt. Pleasant, Sc and 1 inch rain in 20 minutes time near Gifford in Hampton County, SC.
- A tropical storm produces a tornado near the city of Charleston.
- A category 2 hurricane makes landfall near Apalachicola, Florida, then weakens to a tropical storm over southeast Georgia, before moving into the South Carolina midlands.
- The lowest temperature for the day is a sultry 86 degrees in downtown Charleston, which ties it for the highest minimum temperature in recorded history at this location.
- Much of the Charleston forecast area was impacted by the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill as it tracked across northern GA. A outbreak of tornadoes occurs, including an F1 near Scarboro in Jenkins County, an F2 north of Statesboro, another F2 near Route 301 along the Bulloch and Screven County lines, another F2 south of Sylvania, an f1 in northern Bulloch County and finally an F1 near Ogeechee in Screven County, GA. Fortunately no one was hurt. Meanwhile, an F-1 tornado touched down just southwest of the city of Hampton, SC, damaging a retail store when three of the walls collapsed almost completely. Several homes were also damaged when trees fell on top of them. The tornado length was 10 miles and the average width was 100 yards. Less than an hour later a second F-1 tornado touched down just south of Smoaks, SC in Colleton County. A mobile home suffered roof damage and one car was crushed by a fallen tree. The tornado length was 1 mile and the average width was 100 yards.
- A waterspout is sighted off Sullivans Island, South Carolina.
- For the third day in a row excessive heat occurred across southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia, with maximum heat indices of 116-121 degrees. The pattern then changed dramatically as a wide ranging severe thunderstorm event unfolded later that evening, with dozens of reports of wind damage across several counties.
- Smoke from huge wildfires in western Canada traveled more than 2000 miles and blanketed the area with a dirty looking sky.
- Eight rip currents were observed in the morning along parts of Tybee Island.
- Weather historian, David Ludlum reports that an alligator supposedly fell from the sky in a thunderstorm on Anson Street in downtown Charleston.
- Several waterspouts were sighted off the coast from Isle of Palms to Edisto Beach, South Carolina.
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- Lightning strikes in Chatham County, GA caused a fire at townhomes near Bloomingdale and injured a person near Meinhard.
- A squall line raced through southern SC and southeast GA producing more than 3 dozen reports of wind damage. Riceboro in Liberty County and Beaufort were the hardest hit with numerous trees down in both areas, causing widespread power outages.
- The unsettled weather pattern associated with low pressure and a nearby coastal trough finally comes to an end, but not before as much as 6 to 10 inches of rain occurs in Charleston County. More Details
- A busy day for the Tybee Island lifeguards, with reports of 14 rip currents and 4 rescues.
- A tropical depression moves east northeast through Georgia to off the coast of southeast South Carolina.
- The Charleston airport records 5.39 inches of rain on this date, making it the most for a one day period in recorded history during the month of July.
- Three people are struck by lightning on Tybee Island and transported to the hospital. Meanwhile, Hurricane Arthur passes by to the east over the Atlantic and produced wind gusts as high as 67 mph at Buoy 41004.
- For the second day in a row a squall line moves through the area; this time confined to the SC counties and Screven and Jenkins County in GA. Again there are more than 3 dozen reports of wind damage, which included a wind gust to 62 mph at the Charleston Airport. Widespread power outages were reported in the Charleston metro-area, and there was a waterspout off the south end of Folly Beach.
- A severe thunderstorm produced hail as large as 2 inches in Knightsville o Dorchester County, SC.
- Today marks the passing of June Bacon-Bercey, who worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Weather Service and the Atomic Energy Commission. She was believed to be the first African-American woman to gain a degree in meteorology and was the first African-American woman to be a televised meteorologist.
- Early Weather Pioneers in the United States: George Washington; a serious weather observer, who took his last weather observation just a few days before he passed away. He commemorated the end of the Revolutionary War by commissioning a Dove of Peace weather vane for his estate in Mount Vernon, which still stands there today. Thomas Jefferson; an avid weather observer that took weather observations for over 50 years. He worked extensively on the collection of climate data, and compiled a five year study on the comparison of weather in Paris with those in Virginia. Jefferson envisioned a nationwide network of weather observers as early as 1797, that began when he outlined a plan providing weather instruments to at least one person in every county in Virginia. His plan finally became realized in 1891, when the Department of Agriculture's New Civilian Weather Bureau was established. Benjamin Franklin; he was the first to observe that storms move in an opposite direction than of the direction of the wind. He accurately theorized about the existence of high and low pressure, and he proposed one of the first correct explanations for the movement of storms in the Northern Hemisphere. He is the first scientist to study and map the Gulf Stream, and he is the inventor of the lightning rod. Finally, his publication "Poor Richards Almanack" contained weather forecasts for the original colonies. James Madison; considered to be Virginia's earliest Weatherman. From 1784 to 1802 he compiled over 16,000 weather observations at Montpelier, and in 2003 researchers used that information to determine that the spring rains had come about a month earlier during that period in Colonial Virginia than had previously been known. One of those researchers indicated that the weather records of Madison and Jefferson met the highest scientific standards of the time. John Lining; an early weather pioneer whose home is still in downtown Charleston on the corner of King and Broad Streets. He began recording temperature observations as early as 1730, and he researched the possible connection between disease and the weather. He along with Benjamin Franklin promoted the use of lightning rods for protection of buildings during thunderstorms.
- Thomas Jefferson paid for his first thermometer. According to his weather log, the first Independence Day in Philadelphia was clear and 68 degrees at 6 am, then cloudy with a temperature of 76 degrees at 1 pm.
- The hottest temperature on record in the South Carolina Lowcountry for Independence Day occurs in Gillisonville of Jasper County, when the temperature hits 105 degrees.
- The coolest temperature on record in the South Carolina Lowcountry for Independence Day occurs at the Pinopolis Dam, when the temperature was 55 degrees.
- The greatest 1 minute rainfall in recorded world history occurs at Unionville, Maryland, when an incredible 1.23 inches of rain fell. A total of 2.84 inches fell in a 50 minute thunderstorm that moved through the area. Compare that to the highest 1 day totals locally for July 4th of 3.26 inches at the airport in Charleston, 2.24 inches in downtown Charleston and 2.09 inches in the Savannah area.
- The wettest Independence Day on record for the South Carolina Lowcounty occurs at the Beaufort Water Water Treatment Plant, when 6.63 inches of rain fell.
- The lifeguards at Tybee Island reported several rip currents, with 2 rescues and 16 assists needed.
- Numerous reports and pictures indicated that a brief waterspout occurred along the Little Ogeechee River just south of Coffee Bluff Marina in Chatham County. There is also another waterspout sighted off the coast of Wassaw Island.
- A severe thunderstorm produced structural damage to a strip mall on Highway 52 in the Moncks Corner area. There was roof damage to the DMV building, a church steeple was blown off nearby, with damage to area billboards.
- The coolest July temperature ever recorded occurs at the Charleston airport, when the temperature falls to 58 degrees.
- An F1 tornado touches down in Hanahan, SC, traveling about 1/2 mile before dissipating.
- An F0 tornado briefly touches down in Ellabell of Bryan County, GA.
- A severe thunderstorm destroys or heavily damages 20 boats on Hilton Head Island.
- A brief waterspout is sighted in the Ashley River near the Westmoreland Bridge in Charleston.
- One person drowned due to a rip current at Hilton Head Island, while a second person was hospitalized due to swallowing ocean water after being caught in a rip current at Tybee Island.
- There are several rip currents that occurred throughout the day on Tybee Island. This resulted in 6 rescues and 2 assists by the lifeguards.
- The temperature reaches 104 degrees at Beaufort and 103 degrees in downtown Charleston. Both of these temperatures are tied for the hottest in July at their respective location.
- A waterspout occurs in the marsh near Sunbury, in Liberty County of Georgia.
- A waterspout was sighted about 3 miles southeast and just offshore of the Hilton Head airport. A second waterspout was also spotted just off the coast of James Island.
- Two waterspouts were sighted off the coast of Hilton Head Island during the middle of the morning.
- An F2 tornado unroofs three homes and causes golf ball size hail west of Hilltonia, in Screven County, GA.
- Several waterspouts are sighted off the coast from Fripp Island, SC to Tybee and Ossabaw Island, GA.
- An onshore flow and elevated swell resulted in numerous rip currents and 16 rip current related rescues on Tybee island.
- Tropical Storm Elsa moves across southeast Georgia late on Jyl 7th and into South Carolina early on July 8th. The center of the system brushes our far inland counties, and is responsible for 5 tornadoes. It also produces as much as 5 to 8 inches of rain and winds as strong as 81 mph at Calibogue Sound, SC and 74 mph on Tybee Island.More Details
- Downtown Charleston receives 5.89 inches of rainfall on this date.
- During the late evening Category 1 Hurricane Cindy makes landfall in McClellanville. The tropical cyclone produced heavy rainfall which led to considerable flooding and at least 1 death. More Details
- Today marks the latest occurrence of the first 90 degree day in downtown Charleston.
- Savannah receives 4.08 inches of rainfall on this date.
- An onshore flow and elevated swell resulted in numerous rip currents and 5 rip current related rescues on Tybee island.
- At precisely midnight the scientific genius and visionary inventor Nikola Tesla was born in Croatia. Some of his notable accomplishments included his discovery of ball lightning and his production of artificial lightning. He is also the first scientist in the world who wanted to utilize the ionosphere for the benefit of humanity, by transmitting electrical energy without wires over long distances.
- The greatest 1 day amount of rainfall in July occurs at the Savannah airport, when 5.36 inches is recorded.
- The Savannah pilot boat reports a thunderstorm wind gust to near hurricane force in the Atlantic near Buoy Tango.
- The lifeguards reported multiple rip currents throughout the day, and mostly on the southern portion of Tybee Island. The rip currents were mainly 50 to 75 feet wide, with the largest up to 200 feet wide. Multiple rescues were necessary throughout the day.
- An outbreak of severe weather occurs across parts of the area, with 48 reports of wind damage. This includes roof damage and several windows broken at a home in Pinopolis, SC. There is also a tornadic waterspout that is sighted over the southeast part of Lake Moultrie.
- Severe thunderstorms produced wind damage and hail as large as 1.25 inches in parts of southeast Georgia. Over the nearby Atlantic waters there was a wind gust to almost 70 mph at Grays Reef.
- An outbreak of severe weather occurs across parts of the area, with 48 reports of wind damage. This includes roof damage and several windows broken at a home in Pinopolis, SC.
- Lifeguards at Beachwalker Park on Kiawah, SC reported a waterspout just off the coast. Later that night and in Allendale County, SC torrential rains washed a few vehicles off the road and flooded a home near Seigling.
- A waterspout is sighted by lifeguards just offshore and to the northeast of the county park on the Isle of Palms.
- The temperature for the day at Savannah ranged from a minimum of 86 degrees to a maximum of 105 degrees. The minimum temperature was the highest in recorded history, the maximum tied for the highest ever, while the average temperature of 95.5 degrees was its highest on record.
- A boy swimming with others in the Wilmington River near Thunderbolt, GA gets caught in strong currents before getting rescued by a man in a boat.
- An F1 tornado caused heavy damage just outside the southwest part of Savannah. Barns were unroofed and there was considerable damage to rare trees at the USDA Plant where 2.49 inches of rain fell in 75 minutes.
- Today is the last day of a stretch of 5 straight days where the temperature hit 100 degrees or greater in the Savannah area; it's longest streak on record.
- Although Hurricane Bertha remained offshore, it still produced winds as high as 60 mph at Folly Beach, 59 mph at Buoy 41004, 58 mph in downtown Charleston and 45 mph at the Charleston airport. More Details
- There were reports of 2 waterspouts just off the coast of Tybee Island in the late afternoon. Also, torrential rains occur in Allendale County, SC with a report of 6.2 inches measured in Allendale and caused a dam to break at Don Houck Pond which flooded roads nearby.
- Multiple short-lived waterspouts were seen in St. Helena Sound.
- Multiple rip currents were reported by the lifeguards on the Isle of Palms near the county park, extending offshore for 75 yards. Four rescues occurred due to the rip currents.
- A waterspout was sighted off the south end of Hilton Head Island during the latter part of the morning.
- Extremely hot weather across the area, with a temperature at Newington, Georgia of 110 degrees, 104 degrees in Savannah and 103 at Walterboro.
- A waterspout was observed in the Broad River near Beaufort. There were also 2 brief F0 tornadoes that touched down near Pritchardsville and near Beaufort.
- Long period swell reaching the beaches along with a persistent onshore flow, resulted in numerous rip currents at Tybee Island, resulting in at least 20 rescues.
- Flash flooding occurs in parts of Dorchester County, with water up to 2 or 3 feet deep in several locations. Meanwhile, intense rains near Midway in Liberty County, Georgia produced over 3 inches of rain in an hour.
- A variety of weather on this date. First a waterspout briefly moved onshore of Hunting Island as a tornado, before moving back over the water and dissipating in the mid morning. Later that day another waterspout was observed for about 5 minutes just off the Forest Beach area of Hilton Head Island. Also on that day and in the afternoon, the lifeguards on Isle of Palms reported a very strong rip current north of the pier at the county park. Two people got caught in the current and were rescued, before being taken to the hospital for water inhalation. If that wasn' enough, an earthen dam at the Herbert Jacobs Farm in extreme southern Screven County failed in the late evening. It washed away several large trees across Route 17 and closed roads in the area.
- A lightning strike was suspected to have started a structure fire at a manufacturing plant in Ridgeville, SC.
- A hurricane makes landfall near the city of Charleston, dumping up to 16 inches of rain and producing significant flooding across the area.
- Downtown Charleston receives its most amount of rain for one day in July, when 7.11 inches is recorded.
- Today is the last day of a stretch of 7 straight days where the temperature hit 100 degrees or greater at the Charleston airport; it's longest streak on record.
- Today is the last day of a stretch of 42 straight days where the temperature hit 90 degrees or greater at the Charleston airport; it's longest streak on record.
- Four people got caught in a rip current at Hunting Island State Park. One was able to safely escape and made it back to shore, but the other 3 unfortunately drowned.
- It was an extremely busy day for rip currents on Tybee Island, with more than a dozen rip currents reported by the lifeguards. This resulted in four rescues and one hospitalization.
- The temperature at Beaufort reaches 104 degrees, which ties it for the hottest in July.
- Downtown Charleston receives 4.71 inches of rain on this date.
- A severe thunderstorm produced winds of 63 mph at the Savannah airport, and uproots trees in Garden City.
- A brief F0 tornado touches down in the city of Charleston, just west of Church Street in the area between South market Street and Cumberland Street. There were no reports of injuries, with just some damage to a storage building and a couple of signs bent.
- A strong line of thunderstorms races east and causes a large swath of trees to come down from Hampton County to Berkeley County. Winds are estimated as high as 70 to 80 mph in some locations.
- Multiple rip currents are reported on Tybee Island, which resulted in one rescue by the lifeguards.
- Several rip currents were reported on Tybee Island, which resulted in 2 rescues by the lifeguards.
- A waterspout developed between Parris Island and Hilton Head Island, with a second waterspout sighted near Tybee Island as reported by a pilot.
- A short-lived waterspout was observed by the lifeguards off of Sea Pines on Hilton Head Island.
- Four people were struck by lightning on the boardwalk to the beach in the Wild Dunes area of Isle of Palms. It was also a very active day for waterspouts, with sightings of 3 spouts off Hilton Head Island, with numerous sightings off the coast of Fripp Island.
- The lifeguards on Tybee Island reported around 15 rip currents that were stationary and of moderate strength throughout the morning. In addition, a M1.95 earthquake occurs near the Ashley River to the south of Ladson, SC.
- Three rescues were made in a rip current in the early afternoon near Chatham Avenue on Tybee Island.
- A family of 5 were rescued from a rip current near the jetty on Tybee North Beach. No injuries.
- Six people are rescued at Tybee Island as a result of rip currents.
- A small M1.1 earthquake occurs 5 miles south of Summerville, SC.
- What was either a short-lived tornado or waterspout touches down along the eastern shore of Lake Moultrie near Bonneau Beach.
- A weak tornadic waterspout is observed about 1 nm southeast of Fort Moultrie in the Charleston Harbor.
- A category 1 hurricane weakens to a tropical storm as it moves northeast off the coast of northeast Florida, before passing off the coast of the southeast United States.
- The Charleston airport reaches 104 degrees, which ties it with the next day as the hottest July temperature in recorded history.
- Waterspouts were sighted just offshore of Capers and Dewees Island, SC and also about 6 miles offshore of Forest Beach and Calibogue Sound, SC.
- A brief F0 tornado touches down on Tybee Island.
- The temperature at the Savannah airport reaches 105 degrees, which ties the hottest temperature in recorded history at that location. Meanwhile, at the Charleston airport the temperature reaches 104 degrees, which ties it with the previous day as the hottest July temperature in recorded history.
- A waterspout is sighted about 3 nm off the coast of Fripp Island, SC.
- A M1.2 earthquake occurs near Summerville, SC.
- For the second day in a row there are sightings of waterspouts; this time they are seen around 10 or 11 miles east of Tybee Island, GA. In addition, there is as much as 6 to 9 inches of rain in parts of Charleston and Berkeley counties in the morning, resulting in numerous cars that become stranded in high water.
- An active day for waterspouts, with sightings off three waterspouts at the same time off Tybee Island, one off the coast of Hilton Head and another reported by the Charleston Pilot boat around 15 nm off the coast of Folly Beach.
- A witness reported seeing a tornado touch down briefly three times in the uninhabited area of Butler island, near Darien, GA.
- The temperature in downtown Charleston reaches 102 degrees.
- Today marked the last day of 4 consecutive days with a temperature greater than 100 degrees at the airport in Charleston, its longest stretch in recorded history. Also, for the second time in less than a week there is a wind gust to 63 mph at the Savannah airport, which damages 3 aircrafts.
- An active day for waterspouts, with sightings off the coasts of Isle of Palms, Sullivans Island, Hilton Head Island and Tybee Island.
- Multiple long lasting waterspouts are sighted off the coast of Hilton Head Island.
- Downtown Charleston receives 5.44 inches of rain on this date.
- The temperature in downtown Charleston hits 103 degrees, which ties the hottest temperature on record at that location.
- Exceptionally high tides occur, resulting in significant coastal flooding and beach erosion across the area.
- For the second day in a row there are multiple waterspouts off the coast of Hilton Head Island, as well as another sighted in Wassaw Sound, GA.
- Two small earthquakes of M1.3 and M1.1 occur in the early morning near the Wescott Golf Club in Dorchester County, south of Ladson, SC.
- The Ogeechee River near Midville drops to its lowest level in recorded history, with a gauge reading of minus 2.30 feet.
- Waterspouts are observed off the coasts of Isle of Palms and downtown Charleston, with one moving onshore as an F0 tornado on Isle of Palms and causing $200,000 damage.
- Isolated severe weather in the Charleston area resulted in winds of 50-60 mph for several minutes with a gust of 80 mph atop a Towing Company rooftop approximately 40-50 feet above the ground and along the Copper River.
- Slow moving showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in many areas. As much as 4 to almost 7 inches occurred in the Charleston tri-county area, and in Beaufort County. More Details
- The temperature in Walterboro reaches 106 degrees, the hottest in July for that location.
- Category 1 Hurricane Bob makes landfall at night On July 24 near Fripp Island, producing 5 inches of rain at the Charleston airport. More Details
- Large long periods swells in combination with astronomical influences from a recent new moon, resulted in numerous rip currents at Tybee Island. There are at least 60 rip currents that were observed and 8 rip current related rescues were necessary throughout the day.
- One person was caught in a rip current at Isle of Palms, but was able to swim out safely.
- There are waterspouts seen twice this day; one just off Bennetts Point, SC, with a second sighted around 11 miles south-southeast of Bennetts Point, SC.
- A waterspout is sighted in St. Catherines Sound, GA.
- Severe thunderstorms moved through parts of Charleston, Dorchester and Beaufort counties. Lightning hits several homes in Charleston, one person was injured by fallen powerlines in St. George and a boat was sunk in Beaufort.
- An F1 tornado touches down 3 miles south of Sylvania near Greenhill, causing a mobile home to roll into a car and trapping one person inside, who was not injured.
- The Ogeechee River near Eden drops to 1.88 feet, its third lowest level in recorded history.
- The lifeguards at Kiawah Beachwalker Park rescued one person caught in a rip current outside their guarded area.
- The lifeguards reported multiple rip currents occurring throughout the morning and early afternoon along the northern portion of Tybee Island.
- The South Santee River near Jamestown reaches its highest level in recorded history at 33.00 feet. This level was likely caused by very heavy rains earlier in the month due to a hurricane that made landfall at Bulls Bay, SC.
- Today marked the last day of 4 consecutive days with temperatures greater than 100 degrees at the airport in Savannah, its longest stretch in recorded history.
- A waterspout moves onshore as an F1 tornado and damages several cars, damaged a convenience store and injured 3 people as it crosses US 17 at Main Road on John's Island.
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- Severe storms impacted parts of southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia, resulting in reports of wind damage, hail, flooding and lightning. Some of the lightning caused a fire at a home in Summerville SC, with 3 boys also struck and injured by lightning in Goose Creek, SC.
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- Excessive heat produces heat indices as high as 110 to 118 degrees over parts of southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia.
- A short-lived waterspout occurred during the morning just off the coast of Hilton Head Island.
- The Savannah airport receives 5.05 inches of rain on this date.
- Because of a bet, Lieutenant Ralph O'Hair and Colonel Joe Duckworth were the first to fly into the eye of a hurricane and started regular Air Force flights into hurricanes. More Details
- Severe storms produced reports of trees down in several counties of southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia.
- During the afternoon an EF-1 tornado occurs in Chatham County, GA. The tornado developed rapdily due to the intersection of boundaries near Causton Bluff and traveled southeast for about 2 miles along a path up to 100 yards wide across parts of Oatland and Whitemarsh islands. There was significant damage to trees and buildings, but fortunately there were no injuries or fatalities. More Details
- The Savannah airport receives 5.32 inches of rain on this date.
- A waterspout Is sighted in the Wilmington River, near Thunderbolt in Georgia.
- A waterspout is sighted about 2 miles offshore of the Tybee Island pier.
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- The Edisto River near Givhans Ferry reaches its second highest level in recorded history at 17 feet.
- A waterspout moved onshore as an F1 tornado at the USCG Station, with winds measured at 75-80 kt for 30 seconds. One woman injured and cars, roofs, doors and trees were damaged.
- A short-lived F0 tornado blew down trees, damaged the roof of a farm building and farm equipment, and also damaged several cars north of Williams in Colleton County.
- A waterspout was sighted off the coast of Tybee Island.
- The all-time highest temperature at the Charleston airport occurs, when the mercury hits 105 degrees. Also on this date in 1999, downtown Charleston reaches 103 degrees, while the Savannah airport tops out at 102 degrees.
- A waterspout occurs about 8 nm off the coast of Edisto Beach.
- An EF-0 tornado briefly touches down on Kiawah Island, SC. More Details
- A waterspout is sighted in the late morning between Hilton Head Island and Tybee Island, with another waterspout sighted less than 90 minutes later off the north end of Tybee Island.
- For the third consecutive day excessive heat occurs, with heat indices again 110 degrees or greater across a wide swath of the region. Locations in the Charleston and Daniel Island area reach as high as 118 degrees, with 117 degree heat index at Valona, GA and Goose Creek, SC.
- Tropical Depression Alex which remained nearly stationary about 125 miles east southeast of Savannah becomes a tropical storm and moves northeast. It produced minimal impacts across the local area. More Details
- An outbreak of severe weather impacts parts of the hail with large hail and wind damage. There are 38 reports of severe weather, including baseball sized hail in SC near Walterboro and Givhans, golf ball sized hail near Pinopolis, SC and a tree down on a home near Garden City, GA
- Waterspouts were sighted off Edisto Beach and also off Isle of Palms.
- Severe thunderstorms caused several trees to be blown down in and around Statesboro, Georgia, with winds estimated to be close to 70 mph.
- Slow moving thunderstorms produce as much as 6.38 inches in a few hours time near Cobbtown, in Candler County, GA.
- A strong rip current was reported near 19th Street on Tybee Island, with 3 swimmers rescued. Another strong rip current with one rescue occurred near the North Beach jetties. No injuries.
- The mercury hits the century mark in downtown Charleston.
- Several waterspouts occur for the second day in a row off Kiawah Island and Folly Beach.
- Three waterspouts are sighted off Blackbeard Island, Ga.
- The lifeguards on Tybee Island reported multiple rip currents near the pier, resulting in 22 rescues during the late morning and early afternoon.
- An F1 tornado travels 2 miles as it skips along the ground, uprooting trees and damaging building near Hampton Park in downtown Charleston.
- A short-lived F1 tornado touches down on the outskirts of Hampton, SC.
- Today marks the last day of the longest stretch of days greater than 90 degrees at the Savannah airport. For 43 straight days the mercury topped out higher than 90 degrees at that location.
- Significant long period swells reached the Georgia coast from distant tropical storm Colin. That along with persistent northeast winds and a Perigean spring tide further enhanced conditions for rip currents. The Tybee Island lifeguards and Tybee Island Fire Department reported numerous rip currents being observed along the beach, with 2 near-drownings and 24 additional rip current related rescues. Tybee Ocean Rescue Squad pulled both victims from the water and transported them to the Memorial Medical Center.
- A waterspout was sighted off the coast of Seabrook Island in the early morning.
- At least 8 waterspouts were sighted in the morning off the coast of the local area. There were at least 5 off Edisto Beach, 1 off Sullivans Island, 1 just southeast of Fort Sumter and anoither off Saint Catherines Island.
- Today marks the last of 3 straight days on Tybee Island where there were a total of approximately 52 rip currents. As a result of those rip currents, 39 people were rescued, of which 2 needed to be hospitalized.
- For the second day in a row there is an outbreak of severe weather in parts of the area. There are 39 reports of wind damage, including trees on homes in the Metter and Reidsville areas.
- An active morning for waterspouts, with 4 sightings off the coast of Tybee island.
- There were almost three dozen reports of severe weather from Screven County, GA across parts of SC, and then eventually into the SC coastal waters of the Atlantic. Unfortunately one person in Cottageville, SC was injured as a tree went through their house. More Details
- A busy late afternoon and evening occurred, with 32 reports of severe weather between 5 and 9 pm that impacted many areas from Jenkins and Screven Counties in Georgia, to Allendale County and than Colleton, Dorchester and Charleston Counties in South Carolina.
- There are numerous reports of an M5.1 earthquake that occurred in the early morning near Sparta, NC being felt in the local area.
- Downtown Charleston receives 6.08 inches of rain.
- The Savannah River near Burtons Ferry rises to 27.0 feet, the second highest since record keeping began.
- An active day for rip currents, with over 20 reports of rip currents at area beaches.
- A waterspout is sighted about 5 miles off the coast of Isle of Palms, SC.
- Rain dumps on the Savannah area, with 8.12 inches recorded.
- Tropical Storm Dennis produces 5 to 6 inches of rain in the Charleston area. More Details
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- The South Santee River near Jamestown reaches 30 feet, its third highest level in recorded history.
- Hurricane Irene passes about 175 to 200 miles off the coast, but still produces significant coastal flooding, large surf and beach erosion. Several streets in downtown Charleston area closed for hours due to the flooding.More Details
- A small M1.71 earthquake occurs in the afternoon near the Colonial Dorchester Historic Site near Summerville.
- A Cat 2 hurricane makes landfall just south of Savannah, GA with winds around 105 mph, before moving west into central GA and weakening into a tropical storm. Produced significant surge flooding, property/crop damage and 700 U.S. deaths.
- The second of 3 tropical cyclones to affect the area that year occurs when the so-called Great Sea Islands Hurricane strikes just south of Savannah as a Cat 3 hurricane. The system caused a surge of greater than 16 feet with over $10 million damage. More Details
- Several days of rain associated with Tropical Storm Jerry and its remnants produced as much as 8 to 15 inches across the area. More Details
- The lifeguards on Tybee island reported at least 15 rip current related rescues throughout the day.
- A waterspout is sighted just off the coast of Sullivans Island, SC.
- There are multiple rip currents on Tybee Island, which resulted in 3 rescues by the lifeguards.
- Tropical Storm Chris makes landfall near Savannah. Rainfall was generally around 1 to 3 inches across our SC counties and an inch or less in GA. More Details
- A Cat 2 hurricane makes landfall on Hilton Head Island, SC with 100 mph winds. The hurricane moved slowly westward and weakened into a Tropical Storm before reaching Statesboro, GA. Then it continued into central GA while weakening to a Tropical Depression, then transitioning into an extra-tropical storm around Atlanta. Winds reached 110 mph in Beaufort, 96 mph in Savannah, 95 mph winds on Edisto Island and 94 mph winds at Charleston (before the anemometer broke) causing many trees, power lines, and telephone lines to fall. A significant storm surge produced extensive flood damage, especially from around Beaufort to Charleston. Much of the rice crops were destroyed, effectively ending the region's rice industry. Many people had to be rescued due to the surge, with several drownings.
- Torrential rains impacted the Charleston metro area, with as much as 7.50 inches on Daniel Island and at West Ashley. More Details
- The central pressure of Hurricane Katrina drops to 902 millibars or 26.64 inches. This makes it the fifth lowest pressure recorded in an Atlantic Basin hurricane. She makes landfall on August 29 as the third most intense landfalling hurricane in US history with a central pressure of 920 millibars or 27.27 inches. More Details
- Rainfall reaches 8.38 inches in the Savannah area on this date.
- Tropical Storm Cleo moves ashore on Sapelo Island, causing an F2 tornado near the present day Mt. Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park injuring two, and an F1 tornado in the Francis Marion National Forest. There was extensive flooding in some areas, with as much as 8.68 inches of rain in Vernon View, GA in Chatham County.
- Cool and wet weather affects the SC Low Country and GA Coastal empire, with highs only in the middle 60s and lows in the middle and upper 50s. The resulting average daily temperatures of 60.5 degrees at the Charleston airport, 61.5 degrees in the Savannah area and 62.5 degrees in downtown Charleston will make this the coolest day for all three locations during recorded history in the month of August.
- An F1 tornado touches down near Bonneau Road in Berkeley County, between Bonneau and Moncks Corner.
- Hurricane Gaston makes landfall near Bulls Bay, SC and produces major flooding in parts of Charleston and Berkeley County where 12-15 inches of rain were recorded. Total damage estimates included about $7.6 million in Charleston County and $9 million in Berkeley County.
- An F0 tornado briefly touched down in a corn field near the intersection of Highways 129 and 169 north of Bellville in Evans County, GA. No significant damage occurred.
- The temperature at the Savannah airport reaches only 65 degrees, while at Beaufort the temperature only hits 64 degrees. For both locations this will be the lowest maximum temperature on record during the month of August.
- An airplane pilot reports a few waterspouts over the Atlantic waters about 20 miles southeast of Savannah.
- Hurricane Idalia, which weakens to a Tropical Storm impacts the area. Winds reached in excess of 50 or 60 mph in some places, rainfall totals were as great as 5 to 9 inches with reports of flash flooding, and there were 4 tornadoes. More Details
- A devastating 7.3 earthquake occurs with an epicenter near Charleston and Summerville. This is the most damaging earthquake to occur in the southeast states and one of the largest historic shocks in eastern North America. More Details
- The three month period of June, July and August of this year is the warmest on record at the Charleston airport and in the Savannah area. The mean temperature In Charleston is 83.4 degrees, while at Savannah their mean temperature is 84.0 degrees. More Details
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- A near epic type of flooding rain event occurred in parts of the area mainly near and east of I-95. There was as much as 4-8 inches of rain in parts of the Charleston metro, over sections of eastern Jasper County and along and near the Edisto River in the Canadys, SC region. Dozens of homes and businesses were flooded in portions of the North Charleston and West Ahsley areas; numerous roads were flooded and closed; many people were displaced and moved to Red Cross shelters; a portion of an embankment collapsed near I-526 in North Charleston. To complicate the situation, tides were running high due to the recent Perigean Spring Tides and there were also some low topped suppercells that caused wind damage in parts of Colleton and Dorchester counties, with a thunderstorm wind of 44 mph recorded at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. If that wasn't enough, some of the heaviest rains occurred during a Monday morning rush hour, causing delays by up to 2 or 3 hours. More Details
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- The month ends with the warmest August on record at the Charleston International Airport. An average monthly temperature of 83.9 degrees, which at the time was 2.5 degrees above the normal August average of 81.4 degrees.
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- The first photograph of lightning is taken by William N. Jennings in Philadelphia. he would classify types of lightning that he photographed according to their patterns of electric discharge. Some of his names for lightning were: "branched", "beaded", "ribbon", "multiple" and "meandering".
- Downtown Charleston hits 100 degrees for the second day in a row.
- An F0 tornado briefly touches down 3 miles south of Hunter Army Air Field, GA.
- Two day rainfall totals reach mid-boggling proportions, with 8 inches or more from Hilton Head, SC to Savannah, Fleming and St. Catherines Island, GA. A whopping 15 inches was reported in downtown Savannah with a maximum of 17 inches near Keller, GA. More Details
- Tropical Storm Hermine moves northeast through southeast GA and southeast SC, producing strong winds, heavy rain and 2 EF-1 tornadoes in GA. One tornado touched down on Skidaway Island and the second touched down near Southeast Newport in Liberty County. More Details
- A waterspout moved onshore over Hunting Island State Park as an F2 tornado, and then moves over the east part of St. Helena Island, before crossing St. Helena Sound and moving back onshore of Colleton County as an F1 tornado near Otter Island and Hutchinson Island. Later that day an F1 tornado hits to the southeast of Green Pond, SC and a fourth tornado, an F2 strikes near Moncks Corner. Several people were injured and there was unfortunately one fatality. There is also an F2 tornado that injures 7 people in Screven County, GA near Sylvania. Dozens of mobile homes were damaged or destroyed. The tornadoes were spawned by Tropical Storm Earl as he moved through Georgia from the Gulf of Mexico.
- The low temperature for the day at the Charleston airport was only 81 degrees. This sets the record for the highest minimum temperature for the entire month of any September in recorded history at that location.
- The site at Savannah hits 102 degrees, its hottest temperature for any year in September.
- A tornado occurs near Walterboro in advance of a hurricane that makes landfall near Cedar Key, FL as a Cat 2 on September 5.
- Downtown Charleston reaches 100 degrees on this date.
- An F1 tornado briefly touches down in Bulloch County, GA just north of Stilson.
- Hurricane David makes landfall near the GA/SC border. It produced 5 tornadoes, 6-8 inches of rain, heavy beach erosion and $10 million damage. More Details
- Thunderstorms produced up to 8 inches of rain in the Charleston area.
- The lifeguards at Tybee Island report almost 3 dozen people were rescued due to rip currents.
- A small cluster of thunderstorms intensified near Lobeco and Dale in Beaufort County, SC during the afternoon, before rapidly collapsing near the Whale Branch River. The downburst high winds uprooted and snapped 10 large water oak trees and 2 mobile homes sustained minor damage. The level and extent of the damage was consistent with straight line winds of 60 to 70 mph.
- Hurricane Dorian impacts the area as a Cat 3 that tracked northward off the Georgia coast and then to the north-northeast off the South Carolina coast. The eye of Dorian passed directly over the Edisto Buoy (Buoy 41004) with a peak wind of 86 knots. The storm caused sustained tropical storm force winds, hurricane force wind gusts, heavy rainfall and some coastal flooding to the South Carolina Lowcountry and Georgia Coastal Empire, especially in coastal areas. More Details
- A Cat 1 hurricane makes landfall near Beaufort.
- The second lowest recorded level is observed on the Ohoopee River near Reidsville, with a gage reading of approximately 0.52 feet.
- The so-called Rising Sun Hurricane makes landfall near Charleston (or as it was called at the time Charles Town), produced severe storm surge flooding and caused damage to several ships, including the 800-ton Scottish ship, the Rising Sun.
- The so-called Great Hurricane makes landfall just south of Charles Town (later known as Charleston), producing severe storm surge, much property and crop damage and at least 95 deaths. It is likely the worst storm to ever hit Charleston.
- A waterspout is sighted a couple of miles off the coast of Hunting Island, SC.
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- Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, NC on September 14 as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph before stalling and then slowly moving generally southwest near the southern NC coast while weakening to a tropical storm near the SC border. The storm then tracked inland toward the SC Low Country before shifting more westerly into the SC Midlands north of the Santee River. More Details
- The so-called Great Storm Hurricane made landfall north of Charleston (Charles Town), causing significant property damage and at least 70 deaths.
- The Savannah area receives its all-time greatest one day rainfall, when 9.02 inches is recorded.
- An F1 tornado is on the ground for 6 miles from near the Plantation Airpark in Screven County and dissipates on the outskirts of Sylvania, GA. A second F1 on the ground for 7 miles brushes by Hilltonia as it tracks northeast through Screven County.
- A Cat 1 hurricane hits near Charleston.
- A hurricane weakens to a tropical storm along the coast near the South Carolina and Georgia border.
- Abnormally high tides impact parts of southern SC and southeast GA coastal areas, resulting in coastal flooding and areas of beach erosion.
- A Cat 1 hurricane hits along the coast near the South Carolina and Georgia border, producing as much as 6 to 7 inches of rain from Charleston to Savannah.
- The South Santee River near Jamestown falls to 1.83 feet, its second lowest level in recorded history.
- Three waterspouts are observed off the coast of Fripp Island, SC.
- A tropical storm produces damage from Beaufort to Georgetown, SC.
- Three different tornadoes inpact Charleston and Dorchester counties, including an F1 in downtown Charleston and another F1 in the Old Village section of Mt. Pleasant. The last tornado was an F0 that touches down in a swampy area of southern Dorchester County.
- A 2.5 eathquake occurred around 314 PM EDT about 4 miles west-southwest of Summervillle, SC.
- A waterspout was sighted near the south end of St. Catherine's Island, GA.
- Today marks the birthday of General Albert J. Myer (1828-1880) who helped establish the U.S. Weather Bureau in 1870, before it later became the National Weather Service in 1970. After he joined the army, he helped develop a system for communicating across great distances using flags in a coded manner. When the Weather Bureau was established by an act of Congress, it was initially under the command of General Myer.
- The airport in Charleston receives 5.18 inches on this date.
- Tropical Storm Iris gets too close to Hurricane Hugo and begins to weaken, while Hugo continues to gain strength.
- The Savannah area reaches 100 degrees, the latest such occurrence of 100 degrees since records began.
- There are two tornadoes that impacted Allendale County in association with the remnants of Tropical Storm Helene as she moved across Georgia and South Carolina. Both an F2 and F1 tornado occurs near Martin, causing one death, six injuries and $300,000 damage. There is also an F0 tornado that briefly touches down near Perkins in Jenkins County, GA. Earlier in the day heavy rains caused flooding over the northern half of Berkeley County, especially in and around Moncks Corner.
- Hurricane Ginny, a Cat 2 remained off the southeast coast, but produced heavy rain and minor damage along the immediate coast. More Details
- The earliest recorded freeze at Savannah occurs on this date when the airport drops to 32 degrees.
- An F2 tornado touches down on the northeast side of Springfield, GA. It damages 50 to 60 buildings and homes, but thankfully there were no injuries.
- An EF0 tornado causes minor damage to homes north of Donald in northern Long County. There is also an EF2 that moves through part of Fort Stewart, causing extensive damage to trees, but thankfully no deaths or injuries.
- The temperature at the Savannah airport reached 90 degrees, making it the latest calendar day on record that the temperature reached 90 degrees.
- A Cat 2 hurricane makes landfall near Myrtle Beach, SC resulting in 58 mph winds in Charleston.
- The Savannah area has its wettest October on record with 19.84 inches of rain for the month.
- The month ends with just a trace of rain at both the Savannah and Charleston airports, the driest month in recorded history for both sites.
- The month ends as the wettest October on record for both the Charleston airport and downtown Charleston. During the month Charleston airport received an incrdible 18.91 inches of rain, while downtown Charleston wasn't too far behind at 17.49 inches. By way of comparison, the Savannah airport only received 1.78 inches for the month.
- Today is the median first freeze date for Yemassee, SC.
- At 7:35 a.m. on November 1, 1870, the first systematized and synchronous meteorological reports were taken by observer-sergeants at 24 stations in the Division of Telegrams and Reports for the Benefit of Commerce. These observations, which were transmitted by telegraph to the central office in Washington, D.C., commenced the beginning of the new division of the Signal Service. More Details
- The hottest November temperatures occur at the Savannah airport with 89 degrees, at the Charleston airport with 88 degrees, and in downtown Charleston with 87 degrees.
- One day rainfall records for the month of November occur in downtown Charleston with 6.65 inches and at the Charleston airport with 5.24 inches.
- A strong arctic cold front sweeps through the area, resulting in snow flurries and a little sleet in some locations. As the colder air surged in, winds reached as high as 40 to 50 mph over land and even stronger across the adjacent coastal waters.
- Today is the median first freeze date for Moncks Corner, SC.
- It was a cold start to the day in many areas, with temperatures as low as 21 degrees in Sylvania, Georgia, and 23 degrees at Round O and Harleyville in South Carolina. These cold temperatures were some 20 to 25 degrees below seasonal norms.
- Dr. T. Theodore Fujita passes away on this date at age 78. He was a meteorologist who created the Fujita Scale, or F-Scale, a system of classifying tornado intensity based on damage to structures and vegetation. He also discovered macrobursts and microbursts, weather phenomena that are associated with severe thunderstorms and are hazards to aviation. He also pioneered techniques for analyzing small to midsize weather conditions, laying the foundation for the mesoscale analyses now carried out in weather stations all over the world. He introduced the basic concepts of thunderstorm architecture, including terms such as wall cloud and tail cloud that are in widespread use today. More Details
- It was a cold start to the day in many areas, with temperatures as low as 21 degrees in Sylvania, Georgia, and 23 degrees at Round O and Harleyville in South Carolina. These cold temperatures were some 20 to 25 degrees below seasonal norms.
- The GOES-R satellite is launched from Cape Canaveral. The satellite provides continuous imagery and atmospheric measurements of the western Hemisphere, total lightning data and space weather monitoring. Images will be provided for severe storms as frequently as every 30 seconds, contributing to more accurate and reliable weather forecasts and severe weather outlooks. More Details
- Strong offshore wind results in blow-out tides in Charleston Harbor and nearby coastal areas.
- The National Weather Service officially recognizes Charleston County as both Storm Ready and Tsunami Ready.
- With low pressure nearby, winds reach as high as 40 to 45 mph across parts of the area.
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- A small M1.1 earthquake occurs in the Wescott Golf Club south of Ladson, SC
- The airport in Charleston receives 4 inches of rain on this date, its greatest one day total for the month of December on record.
- It was a cold and snowy day across the area. The Charleston airport records 6 inches of snow, its greatest 1 day snowfall, as well as its coldest maximum temperature in recorded history with a high of only 20 degrees. Meanwhile, downtown Charleston reaches only 21 degrees, its coldest maximum temperature in December, while at the Savannah airport there is 3.2 inches of snow, the most ever in December at that location.
- The temperature at the airport in Charleston reaches 82 degrees, making it the highest reading so late in the year for that location. Also, the temperature for the Savannah area ranges from a low of 70 to a high of 83. The is not only the highest temperature so late in the year, it is also the warmest day so late in the year with an average of 76.5 degrees.
- Dense fog closes the Charleston Harbor with visibility near zero. Dense fog also impacts navigation with visibilities 1/4 mile or less over the nearby Atlantic waters of SC and GA.
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- An EF-0 tornado hits the Carolina Nurseries near Moncks Corner during the pre-dawn hours with estimated winds of 70 mph and a path length of less than 1/4 mile.
- A strong coastal low pressure system impacts the area, and produces a significant rain event, moderate to major coastal flooding and strong winds near 60 mph along parts of the Charleston County coast. More Details
- The year comes to an end with a mean temperature of 64.2 degrees in downtown Charleston, making it the coolest year on record at that location.
- The temperature in downtown Charleston falls to 13 degrees and there are reports of ice 4 inches thick on the Santee River due to the extreme cold.
- The year comes to an end as the driest on record at Savannah, with a yearly rainfall of just 22 inches.
- The year comes to an end with a mean temperature of 62.0 degrees at the North Charleston climate site, making it the coolest year on record at that location.
- The year comes to an end as the driest on record at the airport at the North Charleston climate site, with a yearly rainfall of just 30.31 inches.
- The year ends with the Charleston airport recording 68 days with a temperature at or below 32 degrees, while at the Savannah airport there were 64 such days during the year. For both locations this established the record for an entire year of readings this cold.
- The year comes to an end with a mean temperature of 64.3 degrees at the Savannah climate site, making it the coolest year on record at that location.
- The year ends with the most days of 32 degrees or colder in downtown Charleston, with 30 such occurrences throughout the year.
- The year comes to an end with a mean temperature of 69.3 degrees at the airport in North Charleston, making it the warmest year on record at that location.
- The year comes to an end with a mean temperature of 70.3 degrees in downtown Charleston, making it the warmest year on record at that location.
- The year comes to an end as the driest on record in downtown Charleston, with a yearly rainfall of just 27.63 inches.
- The Savannah area receives their wettest December on record, with a monthly total of 9.44 inches.
- Both the Charleston airport and downtown Charleston recorded their driest December. At the airport only 0.32 inches fell, while downtown only 0.33 inches of rain fell.
- The month ends with 7 days of 80 degrees or higher at the Charleston airport, a record for the month of December.
- The year ends as the wettest on record in the Charleston area, with the airport in North Charleston recording a whopping 74.89 inches during the year. Also, the month ends as the warmest December on record for the Charleston airport, the Savannah airport and downtown Charleston. The average temperature was 63.5 degrees at the Charleston airport, 64.2 degrees at the Savannah airport and 63.4 degrees in downtown Charleston. In addition, the month ends with the record number of days of 70 degrees of greater at Savannah (24 days), Charleston (22 days)and downtown Charleston (20 days). Finally, there were 7 days of 80 degrees of greater at the Savannah airport, its greatest number of 80 plus days on record for December.
- Dense sea fog closes the Charleston Harbor and also impacts the nearby Atlantic waters, as visibilities fall to near zero.
- The year comes to an end with a mean temperature of 70.4 degrees at the Savannah airport, making it the warmest year on record at that location.