Georgia, 2001Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 13, 2001
June 13, 2001 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jun 13, 2:40 PM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:40 PM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
340 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
SATELLITE IMAGERY...RADAR...AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW
SUBTROPICAL LOW IN THE VICINITY OF FLORENCE THIS AFTERNOON...MOVING
SLOWLY OFF TO THE EAST. LATEST MODEL RUNS SHOW THIS COMPACT SYSTEM
TRUDGING OFF TO THE EAST OVERNIGHT TO THE NC COASTAL PLAINS...WHERE
IT GRINDS TO A HALT AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER NY/NEW ENGLAND AND
BLOCKS ITS ESCAPE. THIS SYSTEM HAS A HISTORY OF CRAWLING ALONG SO
THIS SEEMS REASONABLE...THUS THE SLOWER ETA SOLUTION IS FAVORED IN
KEEPING THE LOW IN THE PICTURE THROUGH FRIDAY.
MOST OF THE PRECIP WRAPPING AROUND THE NW SIDE OF THE LOW IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF UNION COUNTY NC BY MIDNIGHT OR THEREABOUTS.
IN THE MEAN TIME...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR UNION COUNTY NC WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH 8 PM AND MAY BE EXTENDED IF ADDITIONAL RAIN BANDS
WRAP IN FROM CENTRAL NC. WILL GO WITH A LIKELY POP IN THAT
ZONE...WITH CHANCE ELSEWHERE TO HANDLE ONGOING CONVECTION.
BY THURSDAY MORNING...THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO BE FAR ENOUGH TO THE
EAST THAT ANY SUBSEQUENT RAIN BANDS THAT DEVELOP WILL REMAIN TO THE
EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE MAIN EFFECT OF THE LOW WILL BE THE
RELATIVELY DEEP MOISTURE THAT SHOULD PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
AT LEAST FRIDAY...WITH SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR DEEP CONVECTION.
THE MAIN QUESTION WILL BE A TRIGGER MECHANISM. UPPER SUPPORT IS NOT
ESPECIALLY FAVORABLE...BUT NEITHER IS IT UNFAVORABLE. THE MAIN
SUPPORT SUGGESTED BY THE ETA WOULD BE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE...OF
VARYING DEGREE...THROUGHOUT THE SHORT RANGE PERIOD. THIS SHOULD BE
ENOUGH FOR SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE
SUMMERLIKE AS WELL.
LOOKING BRIEFLY AT THE EXTENDED...AVN MOVES SURFACE FRONT ACROSS THE
AREA EARLY SATURDAY. EXPECT THIS IS TOO FAST GIVEN THE STALLING LOW
OVER EASTERN NC OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE
PREVIOUS IDEA OF FRONTAL PASSAGE LATER SATURDAY WITH A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WILL KEEP A DRY FORECAST THEREAFTER.
FCSTID = 10
GSP 67 90 68 88 / 30 30 30 40
AND 68 90 67 89 / 30 30 30 40
CLT 69 88 69 87 / 50 30 30 40
HKY 67 88 68 88 / 40 30 30 40
AVL 63 86 64 84 / 30 30 30 40
.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 8 PM FOR UNION COUNTY N"CZ082.
SC...NONE.
MOORE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:40 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
640 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
632 PM ANDERSON SC WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01 ANDERSON TREES THE SIZE OF
TELPHONE POLES DOWN IN
ROAD NEARs ANDERSON
HOSPITAL. PEA SIZE HAIL.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 13, 6:19 PM EST, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
719 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
625 PM 5 S GREENWOOD SC WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01 GREENWOOD TREES DOWN ON COUNTY LINE
ROAD AND HIGHWAY 67 SOUTH
OF GREENWOOD. CREWS ON
SCENE CLEARING ROAD.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 13, 6:26 PM EST, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
726 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
714 PM 3 S ANDERSON SC WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01 ANDERSON TREES DOWN ON HOMES IN
HOMELAND PARK AREA NEAR
HIGHWAY 28 AND 29.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 13, 6:39 PM EST, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
739 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LO+CATION....
710 PM 2 W LANDRUM SC .75 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 GREENVILLE DIME SIZE HAIL 2 MILES
WEST OF LANDRUM.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 13, 6:51 PM EST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
751 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
615 PM SALISBURY NC WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01 ROWAN TREES DOWN ON HOUSES AND
CARS FROM STRAIGHT LINE
W4INDS. MORE TREES DOWN
NEAR COURTHOUSE.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 13, 7:14 PM EST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
814 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
748 PM MOUNTAIN REST SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 OCONEE SD RELAYED REPORT OF
QUARTER HAIL ALONG WITH
GUCSTS OVER 50 MPH AT
STUMPHOUSE MTN BELMONT
COMMUNITY
JONESThunderstorm Wind, Elbert
- When
- June 13, 7:17 PM EST
- Where
- Elbert County, Bowman
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -83.033
Sheriff's department reported trees and power lines down, causing a long-term power outage within the city limits.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 13, 20012 injured · $1.0 million · F4 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 13, 20013 injured · $5.0 million · F3 · 14 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 13, 2001$342,000 · F3 · 44 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 2001$13 million · F1 · 48 events
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 13, 2001F2 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 13 to 14, 2001$167,000 · F1 · 5 events
- Tornado in Iowa, June 13, 2001$200,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 13, 2001$500,000 · 69 kt wind · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 13, 2001$500,000 · 61 kt wind · 4 events
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 13, 2001$500,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 13, 2001$500,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 13, 2001$300,000 · F0 · 7 events
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: 5254736.