North Carolina, 2001

Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 1, 2001

April 1, 2001 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1,000
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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 1, 8:30 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 8:30 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
930 AM EDT SUN APR 1 2001

* WILL FIRE OUT A QUICK UPDATE FOR NC MTNS...TO MENTION
SNOW SHOWER MIX C/S...& TO GO ALL SNOW N MTNS. 12Z GSO SNDG WBZ
HEIGHT 4900' & LOWERING AS I TYPE. BASED ON CURRENT SNOW REPORTS...
SNOW LEVELS NEARING 3000' FEET N MTNS...PROBABLY NOW BELOW 4000'
C MTNS.

...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM COMING ACROSS THE CWA THIS MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON....WILL SPREAD WIDESPREAD SHOWERS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN NC PORTION OF CWA AND SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF NC AND ALSO NE GA AND THE UPSTATE. THE FREEZING
LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO COME DOWN TO ABOUT 2 THOUSAND FEET OVER
NORTH NC MTNS SO MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS THIS MORNING
WILL BE SNOW. A LITTLE SNOW COULD ALSO MIX IN OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS BUT AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION
SHOULD BE LESS DUE TO THE MORE SCATTERED NATURE. SOME RUMBLES OF
THUNDER WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE MTNS DUE TO THE STEEP LAPSE
RATES THAT WILL ACCOMPANY THE SHOWER ACTIVITY.

STRONG WINDS WILL COME UP BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON WITH WINDS
AVERAGING 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS INTO THE 40S. OUTSIDE THE MTNS
WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS
DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING AND COLD AIR ADVECTION SHUT OFF AROUND
MIDNIGHT. A FEW FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE OF THE NORTHERN NC MTNS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE STRONG NW FLOW AND COLD AIR
ADVECTION.

SOME CLOUDINESS WILL INCREASE BACK OVER THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS WARM AIR ON THE BACK SIDE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVING
ACROSS RETURNS.

FCSTID = 69
GSP   62  34  65  47 /  30   0  10  10
AND   62  34  65  47 /  30   0  10  10
CLT   62  34  65  47 /  40   0  10  10
HKY   55  34  61  43 /  50  10   0  10
AVL   50  32  60  40 /  40  10  10  10

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES NCZ033...
NCZ048>050.
WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR ZONES
NCZ033...NCZ048>053...NCZ058>059...NCZ062>065.
SC...NONE.

RBN/CSH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 1, 9:18 AM EST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1018 AM EDT SUN APR 01 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1013 AM    GREER                     SC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/01/01   GREENVILLE                     SPOTTER REPORTED PEA TO
                                          DIME HAIL...MOSTLY PEA
                                          7BUT A GOOD BIT OF DIME

JONES

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:41 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland

When
April 1, 9:40 AM EST
Where
Cleveland County, Boiling Spgs
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
35.250, -81.683

The roof was torn off a utility building.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

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: 5241205.