The Weather Bureau's observing program is established at the new Charleston Airport. The greatest 1 day amount of rainfall in July occurs at the Savannah airport, when 5.36 inches is recorded. A M1.5 earthquake occurs in the evening in the area south of Summerville, SC and not too far north of the Ashley River. A busy day for waterspouts, with sightings off the coast of Isle of Palms, Edisto Beach and Hilton Head Island. A short time later a second F1 tornado damages 2 homes and felled a number of trees on Johns Island, SC. These extreme winds are difficult to even . Today is the last day in a stretch of 13 straight days where the temperature fell to 30 degrees or colder in the Savannah area. It produced minimal impacts across the local 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. Today is the median first freeze date for Allendale, SC. 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. In the winter, on average, hurricane-force winds are observed once every three days and 100-mph winds once a week. An F1 tornado causes damage to homes and trees as it travels almost 7 miles across St. Helena Island, SC. To complicate matters, winds over land gusted as high as 35 to 45 mph, while over the coastal waters winds reached between 40 and 60 mph. Mr.Welch climbed the "Jacob's Ladder" route and descended via the carriage road. 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. This is the warmest on record for February and also the warmest so early in the year. Temperature and humidity readings have been collected using a sling psychrometer, a simple device containing two mercury thermometers. We were also in the midst of a several day stretch where tides produced minor or moderate coastal flooding. 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. Compare this with the highest February totals of 7.1 inches at the Charleston Airport in 1973, 3.9 inches in downtown Charleston in 1899 and 3.6 inches in the Savannah area in 1968. In August the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb, a bicycle race, takes place along the same route as the road race. Trademark Applications Serial Nos. Three waterspouts are sighted a few miles off the southern end of Tybee Island. The Charleston airport receives 9.40 inches, the most ever in June since record keeping began. WHOM subsequently built a new transmitter building on the site of the old power building, and also installed a new standby antenna on the Armstrong tower. [42] At the summit is a center with a museum, gift shop, observation area, cafeteria, and the Mount Washington Observatory. The Savannah pilot boat reports a thunderstorm wind gust to near hurricane force in the Atlantic near Buoy Tango. The morning low temperature of 50 degrees at the Charleston airport in the coldest for the month of June. There are several reports of sleet from the Charleston Tri-County area and Screven County during the evening hours. Two separate individuals had to be rescued from the rip current. Much of the rice crops were destroyed, effectively ending the region's rice industry. During the early morning a tropical storm moves across southeast Georgia and extreme southern South Carolina, before emerging in the Atlantic near Edisto Beach. 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. [15] These connected peaks reach well into the treeless alpine zone. Tropical Depression Beryl, which hit northeast Florida as a strong tropical storm, then stalled in southern Georgia, turns back to the east and northeast. A waterspout was sighted off the coast of Seabrook Island in the early morning. 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. Strong low pressure develops off the coast of the southeast United States, resulting in 2-4 inches of rain across southeast Georgia and 1-3 inches over southern South Carolina. The tornado damages 40 homes and destroys 6 mobile homes. For 126 straight days the temperature hit at least 80 degrees. Significant flooding and beach erosion occurs along the coast of southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia. Later that day there are numerous reports of severe weather in the Charleston quad-county area and in Beaufort County, mainly from large hail. High surge covered all the wharves. Most of the reports are for large hail, some the size of baseballs. [11], The United States Postal Service maintains a small post office for outgoing mail, located in the Sherman Adams building at the summit; the ZIP Code is 03589. The strongest winds occurred at Fort Pulaski where gusts reached 49 mph. It killed at least 223 people, mostly on ships at sea. A waterspout moves onshore as an F1 tornado on Edisto Beach, causing some damage to a few homes. Dense sea fog impacts most of the Atlantic coastal waters and Charleston Harbor with visibilities down to 1/4 mile or less. Today is the birthday of Isaac Monroe Cline, who was one of the most accomplished and respected meteorologists of his time, and one of the most recognized employees in National Weather Service history. The temperature drops to 28 degrees at the Savannah airport, its coldest in recorded history during the month of October. Snow also developed as the colder air rushed in, resulting in a trace of snow in Charleston and almost 1/4 inch in Savannah. 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. It produced wind gusts to 115 mph at Kindley Key on the island and resulted in $35 million in damage. Snow impacts parts of the area, with 2 inches at Saint George, 1 inch at Summerville and in downtown Charleston, with a trace in Savannah. Washington is December, with an average of 45.5 inches of snow. The storm surge was as high as 15 feet over parts of LA, where sugar cane crop losses were estimated near $300 million. Washington Photos. CNL officials said they were directing their efforts only against hotels and not the numerous businesses in the area that use the name. Washington Observatory are open to the public. It wouldn't happen again until 1998, when there were four hurricanes active at the same time. The cold spots were Yemessee, SC at 19 degrees, and Millen, GA at 22 degrees. Finally, an F1 tornado touches down for 1 1/2 miles as it moves through Summerville, SC. There are reports of flurries and sleet in a few locations of the forecast area, with a small coating of sleet on elevated surfaces in isolated locations of northern Dorchester and northern Berkeley counties. 4.48 inches falls at Charleston, with 3.57 inches at Savannah. On Sunday, the winds atop Mount Washington remained elevated, even as they diminished from the Friday peak. The first was a M2.8, the second a M2.0 and the third was ths strongest and felt by many, as a M3.3. If that wasn' enough, an earthen dam at the Herbert Jacobs Farm in extreme southern Screven County failed in the late evening. The tornado, rated an F2 traveled about 16 miles from rural Long County into Liberty County, hitting near the town of Fleming. A short-lived waterspout was observed by the lifeguards off of Sea Pines on Hilton Head Island. Satellite Meanwhile locally, lows dropped into the teens in many areas with highs struggling to reach the upper 20s and lower 30s. 78 MPH winds with gusts to 98 MPH were measured at the Charleston Airport, with downtown Charleston recording a wind gust of 108 MPH. A 2.2 magnitude earthquake occurred near Summerville, SC. The site in Savannah receives 4.13 inches of rain, making it the greatest 1 day rainfall in the month of November for that location. One of these tornadoes was found to be of Enhanced Fujita 4 (EF4) strength, with estimated maximum wind speed of 185 mph. 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. A Cat 2 hurricane makes landfall near Savannah and Tybee Island, producing minor to moderate damage and tides well above predicted levels. Cabin Road at Hunting Island was partially washed out. For both locations this will be the lowest maximum temperature on record during the month of August. "I would say that this is more characteristic of mid-summer conditions. Local Hydro Information The low is also responsible for winds as high as 56 mph (49 knots) at Buoy 41004 and 30-40 mph winds over the coastal counties of the local area. The next was an F1 near Denmark that kills 6 and injures 5. There were reports of 2 waterspouts just off the coast of Tybee Island in the late afternoon. The Savannah airport ties their coldest November temperature, with a reading of 15 degrees. The following tables provide the "normal" weather conditions on Mount Washington for each month, averaged over the period of 1991-2020. No structures were lost due to the wildfire and 67 structures were saved, including 52 homes, 13 barns, and 2 churches. 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. Today marks the median first freeze date for the Savannah airport. Bean, Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS), Cranmore Mountain Resort, the Mt. Up to 50 homes were damaged to some degree, with s much as 4 to 5 feet of water in some of those homes. The Savannah airport receives a whopping 6.60 inches of rain on this date. The original weathered shingle-clad building is chained to the ground, here covered in rime ice in early April. Weather observers at the Mount Washington Observatory are reminding people that snow is still melting at the summit, so lakes, streams and ponds near the mountain will be very cold. A 19 year old male drowns after being caught in what is believed to have been a rip current at Tybee Island, GA. NHPR is nonprofit and independent. Doppler radar indicated that flurries also likely occurred in several other places from Allendale and Hampton County to Dorchester and Charleston County, but were not observed since it was early Christmas morning. Several waterspouts were reported by the Charleston Harbor Pilots and the public in Charleston Harbor. There is a hard freeze most locations inland from the Intracoastal waterway, with the coldest spots of 20 degrees at Millen and Walterboro. The first day of spring brings cold weather to the local area. A waterspout is sighted a couple of miles off the coast of Hunting Island, SC. In addition, frost was also observed in many communities. Most snow in 24 hours: 65 at Crystal Mountain on 24 February 1994. The Tiros II weather satellite was launched, and relayed thousands of pictures containing cloud-cover views of the Earth. U.S. Downtown was 22 degrees, while it was 15 degrees at the airport. Washington Observatory. Today is the last day in a stretch of 12 straight days where the temperature fell to 30 degrees or colder at the Charleston Airport. Mount Washington Climate Graph - New Hampshire Climate Chart Mount Washington weather averages Share Station Data Monthly averages Mount Washington Longitude: -71.3, Latitude: 44.26 Average weather Mount Washington, NH - 3846 Monthly: 1981-2010 normals History: 2007-2019 Abbreviations Average precipitation in : Av. [10] Field climbed the mountain in June of that year to demonstrate to the Abenaki chief Passaconaway that the Europeans bargaining for tribal land were not subject to the gods believed to inhabit the summit, a primarily political move that facilitated colonists' northern expansion. Charleston receives 5.4 inches, with 3.2 inches at Savannah. The vertical rise of the Presidential Range, combined with its northsouth orientation, makes it a significant barrier to westerly winds. A category 1 hurricane hits near Charleston. The temperature hits 92 degrees in downtown Charleston, which ties it for the warmest during the month of March. A few spots even started off in the upper teens. [14][15], In 2011 and 2012, Orlando, Floridabased CNL Financial Group, which at the time operated the Mount Washington Hotel at the foot of the mountain, trademarked the "Mount Washington" name when used with a resort or hotel. The month ends as the wettest May on record at the Charleston airport, with a total rainfall for the month of 10.62 inches. An F2 tornado briefly touches down in Tattnall County, north of Glennville, GA. 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. 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. 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. 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. Thunderstorms produced up to 8 inches of rain in the Charleston area. A total of 2.84 inches fell in a 50 minute thunderstorm that moved through the area. Seven buildings were destroyed while another fifty-five suffered damage. Strong winds in wake of a cold front reaches 35 to 45 mph or more in many locations. His studies of the physical structure and the dynamics of oceans transformed oceanography from a science that was mostly descriptive to a science based on the principles of physics and chemistry. Three people are struck by lightning on Tybee Island and transported to the hospital. Downtown Charleston receives its most amount of rain for one day in July, when 7.11 inches is recorded. Although there was damage to trees and some structures, fortunately nobody was injured. Beach Fortunately there were no reports of any problems related to these conditions. Lifeguards at Beachwalker Park on Kiawah, SC reported a waterspout just off the coast. NWS Please try another search. 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. [40], The most common hiking trail approach to the summit is via the 4.1-mile (6.6km) Tuckerman Ravine Trail. An F1 tornado "skipped" along the south side of Savannah for almost 11 miles. MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. (AP) Weather observers atop the Northeast's highest peak say the temperature has hit negative 34 degrees, a record for the day. Winds reach as high as 50 to 70 mph in and near Savannah for 15 straight hours. Manhattan, NY 29 F Cloudy. Evacuations were ordered for 60 to 70 homes due to the wildfire. Intense rainfall dumps up to 4.5 inches of rain in Statesboro in a couple of hours, resulting in approximately 20 to 25 water rescues due to flooding of a first floor apartment complex and nearby homes. The lifeguards on Tybee island reported at least 15 rip current related rescues throughout the day. 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. The upper level high became unusually strong over Canada, diverting the jet stream on a looping path southward across the United States. About 30 people were injured, but miraculously, no one was killed. The Charleston airport reaches 104 degrees, which ties it with the next day as the hottest July temperature in recorded history. In addition, inland counties of South Carolina received 2 to 3 inches of rain, with the biggest impact occurring in Walterboro, where four people were rescued on the morning of February 19, due to water of 3 feet in depth surrounding their apartment complex. The satellite provides continuous imagery and atmospheric measurements of the western Hemisphere, total lightning data and space weather monitoring. Click on a date! This would be equivalent to an EF5 tornado (200-plus mph) or a Category 5 hurricane (157-plus mph), the highest rating of each. It destroyed two buildings and damaged a store and fire station. Excessive heat occurs across many locations, with heat indices of 110 degrees or greater across numerous places. The Observatory's mission is to advance understanding of the natural systems that create the Earth's weather and climate, by maintaining its mountaintop weather station, conducting research and educational programs and interpreting the heritage of the Mount Washington region. Today is the median first freeze date for the Charleston airport. 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. Anders Celsius is born in Sweden on this date. The location of the downtown Charleston weather observing program moves from Broad Street to the US Custom House on East Bay Street. The official record cold daily maximum is 28 F (33 C) on February 6, 1995. At precisely midnight the scientific genius and visionary inventor Nikola Tesla was born in Croatia. Three waterspouts are sighted off Blackbeard Island, Ga. Pleasant area. 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. Some of his names for lightning were: "branched", "beaded", "ribbon", "multiple" and "meandering". Light snow and sleet fell across several communities, with up to 1/10 inch of accumulation. A brief F0 tornado touches down on Hilton Head Island near Broad Creek. The GOES-R satellite is launched from Cape Canaveral. Hurricane Irene passes about 175 to 200 miles off the coast, but still produces significant coastal flooding, large surf and beach erosion. North American Regional Reanalysis maps from PSU for the period January 18-21, 1985. Washington measured 566.4 inches of snow during the winter of 1968-69. An 18 year old male drowned when he was cuaght in a rip current on Tybee Island. The Mount Washington Cog Railway ascends the western slope of the mountain, and the Mount Washington Auto Road climbs to the summit from the east. Severe thunderstorms overturns several mobile homes in Statesboro, and causes an F1 tornado in Effingham County. This includes the coldest of 13 degrees at both Allendale and Walterboro. [45], Since 1869, the Mount Washington Cog Railway has provided tourists with a train journey to the summit of Mount Washington. This makes it the fifth lowest pressure recorded in an Atlantic Basin hurricane. Salt water flooding occurs in parts of downtown Charleston, as the tide levels reached 7.90 feet Mean Lower Low Water. Excessive heat produces heat indices as high as 115-117 degrees along some of the coastal counties from Charleston to Chatham. Washington Hillclimb Record", "Travis Pastrana smashes 12-year-old Mt. Both events had the situation further aggravated due to occurrence of the Proxigean Spring Tide. Although Super Typhoon Carmen was weakening as it passed over Okinawa in Japan, its eye was measured at 230 miles in diameter. An F1 tornado briefly touches down in Bulloch County, GA just north of Stilson. NWS Wilmington, NC2015 Gardner DriveWilmington, NC 28405(910) 762-4289Comments? The eye of Dorian passed directly over the Edisto Buoy (Buoy 41004) with a peak wind of 86 knots. With a high temperature of only 23 degrees, the average temperature for the day was only 17.5 degrees, also its coldest on record. The snow fell continuously for 36 hours from the late evening of January 9th through the early morning of January 11th. 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. It broke the span, with a 100 yard section caved in by the force of the steamer. Downtown Charleston receives its greatest 24 hour total for December with 3.82 inches of rain. Local Programs. The temperature at Beaufort reaches 104 degrees, which ties it for the hottest in July. In 1885, it recorded the mountain's record low temperature: minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit. With temperatures as cold as the lower and middle 30s, sleet falls in both Beaufort and Summerville. I got frostbite on the tip of my nose in less than 30 seconds.". Two tornadoes; an EF1 and an EF0 hit north of Portal, Georgia. All NOAA. Three men were rescued by the Fire Department. There is also another waterspout sighted off the coast of Wassaw Island. 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. Dense fog closes the Charleston Harbor during the morning, with visibilities under 1/4 nm there and across the coastal waters of southern SC and southeast GA out near 20 nm off the coast. If you're interested in becoming a Storm Spotter, go to our webpage for more information. It was also the wettest February on record at the Savannah airport with 9.75 inches of rain. What made Lenny so unusual is that tropical storms and hurricanes this late in the tropical season usually move west, northwest or north. A stalled front offshore combined with deep tropical moisture streaming northwest into the area ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system to the west and Hurricane Joaquin well to the east. Large isallobaric pressure rises behind a strong cold front produced wind gusts of greater than 40 or 45 mph in many areas. Over $300,000 damage to dairy farms and three homes. A substantial amount of this falls as snow, with a seasonal[c] average of around 280 inches (7.1m) of snow; seasonal accumulation has ranged from 75.8in (1.93m) in 194748 to 566.4in (14.39m) in 196869. Several funnel clouds developed in the cluster, with three of them briefly touching the ground as F0 tornadoes. There were no reports of injuries, with just some damage to a storage building and a couple of signs bent. Using modest funds from research grants, they hoped to continue the work of the Signal Service and live humbly atop the mountain, taking observations and hoping to advance the understanding of climate, weather, and Mount Washington. 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. Winds reached 50 mph or more across parts of the area. Damages as a result were estimated between 1.5 and 2 million dollars. Today is the last day of a 38 day stretch of temperatures greater than 90 degrees at the airport in Charleston, its longest stretch in recorded history. 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. Weather historian, David Ludlum reports that an alligator supposedly fell from the sky in a thunderstorm on Anson Street in downtown Charleston. Washington Observatory and continued the work of theUnited States Signal Service. Your support makes this news available to everyone. For the second year in a row there are rip currents on Tybee Island, resulting in five rescues by the lifeguards. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Several roads are severely flooded, with motorists stranded in their vehicles. The weather station is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, so a weather observer is always there to experience the incredibly unique weather at the summit. 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. Social Media Feeds One off Nova Scotia, a second between the Bahamas and Bermuda, the third near the Lesser Antilles and one that recently formed off the Cape Verdes. Tybee Island lifeguards reported numerous rip currents, resulting in 9 rescues. A waterspout is sighted about 2 miles offshore of the Tybee Island pier. Light snow fell across parts of Colleton and the Charleston Tri-County area, with a band of enhanced snow from off Lake Moultrie resulting in a dusting of snow from Saint Stephen to Moncks Corner. 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. Today marks the median first freeze date for Brooklet, GA. A major coastal storm brings as much as 1 to 2 inches of snow across inland southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia. Both the Charleston airport and downtown Charleston recorded their driest December. However, over the years the MWObs has also come to receive support from several company and organizational partners,[5] including L.L. There is also an F2 tornado that injures 7 people in Screven County, GA near Sylvania. A hurricane struck South Carolina with a glancing blow, resulting in trees and fences that were leveled in Charleston. As part of Project Stormfury, the research program for hurricane modification, silver iodide was dropped into Hurricane Ginger. Strong low pressure moving through the nearby Atlantic produces winds as high as 58 mph at Buoy 41004 and 47 mph at Buoy 41008. Graphical 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. Ian made landfall at 2:05 PM on September 30 near Georgetown, SC as a Category 1. Even in the summer, July averages a trace of snow and August averages 0.1 inches of snow. A second waterspout was also spotted just off the coast of James Island. 76690738, 76690735 and 76690740. Widespread power outages were reported in the Charleston metro-area, and there was a waterspout off the south end of Folly Beach. 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. The minimum temperature at the airport in Savannah falls to only 83 degrees; its highest minimum temperature for the month of June on record. He received the Silver Medal from the United States Department of Commerce for implementing more than 60 local warning radar systems. The temperature reached 102 in both the Savannah area and in downtown Charleston. Parts of route 80 near Tybee Island and Savannah are flooded, as tides reach 10.00 feet Mean Lower Low Water at Fort Pulaski. This includes a tree down on a church near Mendes, GA and a tree down on I-95 near Walterboro, SC. Cloudless and calm. But it wouldnt stay that way. January. The Temperature at the summit of Mount Washington has never risen above 72 Degrees F (since records have been kept). More rounded Tuckerman Ravine is New England's premier venue for spring back-country skiing as late as June and then a scenic hiking route.[36]. Thomas Jefferson; an avid weather observer that took weather observations for over 50 years. Today is the birthday of Tetsuya Theodore Fujita, the well-known and highly respected Japanese-American meteorologist who was instrumental in enhancing our knowledge of severe storms. The temperature at Summerville, South Carolina reaches 96 degrees, the hottest in April for that site. The US Forest Service reports 2 wildfires, one of 80 acres and the other of 10 acres, about 7 miles east of Bonneau in the Francis Marion National Forest. Washington. The summit of Mount Washington set a new record daily high for May 21. Several waterspouts were sighted off the coast from Isle of Palms to Edisto Beach, South Carolina. Today is the median last freeze date for the Savannah airport. Tybee Island lifeguards reported several rescues due to both rip currents and a strong longshore current. Many parts of southeast Georgia were hit with severe storms, producing hail as large as golf balls near the Savannah Airport and also near Garden City, GA. Jamestown, South Carolina is deluged by continuous thunderstorms with 7 inches of rain in less than 3 hours. Then, just after 1 pm, the record-shattering number of 231 miles per hour was recorded by the instruments. An estimated 250 trees were blown down, several of which fell on cars. Later that day a brief F0 tornado touches down in the Savannah area and causes minor damage to a local mall. 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. With no other option but to remove the ice himself, Stephenson suited up to go outside, grabbing a wooden club on his way out the door. Four homes were completely destroyed and 1 person was injured. A waterspout is observed off the coast of Folly Beach, SC. The coldest June temperature at the Charleston airport occurs, when the mercury drops to 50 degrees. 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