North Carolina, 2001Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
April 1, 2001 · NWS ILM · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
Open the live radar over this ground
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- 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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 1, 10:18 AM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 10:18 AM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
1018 AM EST SUN APR 1 2001
14Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS COLD FRONT ENTERING THE NC/SC FOOTHILLS WITH
AN ASSOC NARROW LINE OF CONVECTION. ALSO INTERESTING TO NOTE THE
BACKDOOR FEATURE WHICH DROPPED DOWN THE NC COAST OVERNIGHT AND HAS
HUNG UP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HANOVER COUNTY WEST TO DILLON COUNTY SC.
NEW HANOVER COUNTY MESONET HAS TEMPS IN THE LWR-MID 50S N OF THE
FRONT...WITH 59 AT SOUTHPORT (EXTRM S PART OF COUNTY.) VSBY SAT
SHOWS FRONT BEGINNING TO WASH OUT AND RETREAT N...SO SKY CVR/TEMPS
SHOULD WORK OUT FINE IN THE ZFP.
NOT PLANNING AN UPDATE ATTM. 40/50 POPS N AND 30 POPS S STILL LOOK
GOOD. 06Z MESOETA SHOWS BEST SFC CONV AND 700 MB UVV STILL REMAIN N
OF MY AREA TDY...AS SYSTEM QUICKLY SHIFTS E. TAIL END OF SQUALL LINE
FORMING IN THE FOOTHILLS WL PROBABLY CLIP MY NORTHERN COUNTIES...
ALONG AND N OF A LINE FROM DILLON TO NEW HANOVER. WL RE-EVALUATE
WHEN 12Z MODEL DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE.
CWF: CURRENT CWF LOOKS FINE. W WINDS THIS MORN SHOULD BECM SW JUST
BEFORE FROPA BEFORE GOING BACK TO W.
FCSTID = 9
ILM 68 41 63 43 / 50 20 0 10
LBT 66 40 61 42 / 50 10 0 10
FLO 68 40 64 45 / 30 10 0 10
MYR 69 41 63 44 / 30 10 0 10
.ILM...
NC...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SURF CITY TO LITTLE RIVER INLET.
SC...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LITTLE RIVER INLET TO S SANTEE RIVER.
TRA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 1, 1:36 PM EST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
236 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
=
0220 PM ELIZABETHTOWN NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/01/01 BLADEN GENERAL PUBLIC REPORTS
DIME SIZE HAIL
DLLocal storm report, Apr 1, 1:37 PM EST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
237 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0221 PM 15 S LUMBERTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/01/01 ROBESON DIME SIZE HAIL IN ORUM
WITH 55-60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
TOPS OF TREES BROKEN.
DLLocal storm report, Apr 1, 1:50 PM EST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
250 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0202 PM 20 S FLORENCE SC WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01 FLORENCE SHERIFF REPORTED TREES
DOWN IN SCRANTON AND HANNAH
DLLocal storm report, Apr 1, 1:51 PM EST, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
251 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0100 PM SOCIETY HILL SC WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01 DARLINGTON GENERAL PUBLIC REPORTED
POWER LINES DOWN WITH A
MOBILE HOME ROOF BLOWN OFF
AND CAR DAMAGE.
DLLocal storm report, Apr 1, 1:53 PM EST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
253 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
7
0255 PM BENNETTSVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01 MARLBORO SPOTTER REPORTED TREE DOWN
ON GRANTS MILL ROAD EAST
DLLocal storm report, Apr 1, 1:56 PM EST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
256 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 PM ELIZABETHTOWN NC WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01 BLADEN POWER LINES DOWN IN
BLADENBORO
DLThunderstorm Wind, Pender
- When
- April 1, 2:04 PM EST to 2:08 PM EST
- Where
- Pender County, Burgaw
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -77.933
General public reported a thunderstorm wind that destroyed a shed and blew it across a roadway.
- 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.
- Flooding in Minnesota, April 1 to 30, 20013 deaths · 1 injured · $200 million · 42 events
- Flooding in Wisconsin, April 1 to 30, 2001$10 million · 4 events
- Flood in North Dakota, April 1 to 15, 20013 injured · $500,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 1, 2001$300,000 · 78 kt wind · 1 event
- Flood in North Dakota, April 1 to 15, 2001$250,000 · 1 event
- Flood in North Dakota, April 1 to 15, 2001$250,000 · 1 event
- Flooding in South Dakota, April 1 to 16, 2001$200,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 1, 2001$150,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
- Flooding in Iowa, April 1 to 4, 2001$65,000 · 13 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 1, 20013 injured · 1 in hail · 28 events
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 1, 2001$100,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 1, 2001$50,000 · 55 kt wind · 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: 5239810.