Georgia, 2001Flash Flood in Georgia, July 25, 2001
July 25, 2001 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 25, 10:40 AM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 10:40 AM EST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1140 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2001
KGSP 88D LOOPS SHOW CIRCULATION CENTER OVER SOUTHERN NC MTNS &
THIS FEATURE WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE NNE THIS AFTERNOON &
SHEAR OUT. HEAVIEST RAINFALL THIS MORNING HAS OCCURRED ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN 3 COUNTIES OF THE FFA AREA...BUT RADAR TRENDS
SHOW DECREASING REFLECTIVITIES APPROACHING EXTREME NE GEORGIA.
NO FLDG REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THIS AREA...OTHER THAN URBAN
TYPE...SO PLAN ON LETTING WATCH EXPIRE UNLESS SOMETHING DRAMATICALLY
CHANGES BETWEEN NOW AND NOON.
OTHERWISE...HVY RAIN THREAT CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON ALONG & EAST
OF TRACK OF UPPER CIRCULATION...WITH CATEGORICAL POPS CONTINUING
IN THE TROPICAL AIRMASS CWFA WIDE.
FCSTID = 55
GSP 82 71 87 71 / 100 50 40 40
AND 82 71 87 71 / 100 50 40 40
CLT 84 71 87 71 / 80 50 40 40
HKY 82 71 87 71 / 80 50 40 40
AVL 78 66 83 66 / 80 50 40 40
.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
Flash Flood, Franklin
- When
- July 25, 11:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.375, -83.229 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Small streams and creeks flooded across the county. Highest rainfall amount came from Franklin Springs, with 7.78 inches of rain.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flood in Missouri, July 25, 20012 deaths · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 25, 2001$1.6 million · 1.75 in hail · 20 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Georgia, July 25, 2001$820,000 · 9 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, July 25, 2001F2 · 3 events
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 25, 2001F2 · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 2001$238,000 · F0 · 7 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 25, 2001$100,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 25 to 26, 2001$50,000 · 4 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 25, 2001$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 25, 20011 injured · $30,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 25, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 25, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5260957.