1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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, 10:31 AM EST, 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1131 AM EDT SUN APR 1 2001 WILL SHOOT FOR ANOTHER ZFP UPDATE AROUND NOON TO CLEAN UP MTN WORDING AS LINGERING SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TAPER TO FLRYS AND SPRINKLES THIS AFTERNOON. STILL EXPECT STRONG GRADIENT WIND TO DEVELOP IN SUBSIDENCE AREA & CURRENT WIND/LAKE WIND ADVISORIES ARE ON TRACK. PROBABLY WILL GO AHEAD & DROP POPS FROM FOOTHILL ZONES & LIKELY WILL MAY SOME MINOR TEMP/WIND TWEAKS AS WELL. FCSTID = 55 GSP 62 34 65 47 / 10 0 10 10 AND 63 34 65 47 / 10 0 10 10 CLT 62 34 65 47 / 100 0 10 10 HKY 53 34 61 43 / 40 10 0 10 AVL 47 32m 60 40 / 20 10 10 10 .GSP... GA...WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES. NC...WIND ADVISORY FOR MOUNTAINS...WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES ELSEWHERE. SC...WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1112 AM EDT SUN APR 01 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1105 AM UNION SC WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01 UNION TREES DOWN. FROM COUNTY
EPD.
1105 AM BUFFALO SC WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01 UNION TREES DOWN. FROM COUNTY
EPD.
RWHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1124 AM EDT SUN APR 01 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1120 AM 3 E DOWNTOWN GASTONIA NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/01/01 GASTON AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER
REPORTED
JONESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1127 AM EDT SUN APR 01 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1115 AM 2 SW DOWNTOWN GASTONIA NC WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01 GASTON AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER
REPORTED TREES
DOWN...TRANSjFORMERS
BLOWN...AND LINE FIRES
JONESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1147 AM EDT SUN APR 01 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1115 AM TRIANGLE NC WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01 LINCOLN 911 TREES DOWN ON A
RESIDENCE AT LAKE NORMAN
1135 AM YORK SC WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01 YORK 911 REPORTED A COUPLE
TREES BLOWN DOWN AND
SMALL HAIL
JONESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1202 PM EDT SUN APR 01 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1155 AM MATTHEWS NC 60 MPH
04/01/01 MECKLENBURG AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER
REPORTED
1155 AM EAST SIDE CHARLOTTE NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/01/01 MECKLENBURG AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER
REPORTED
JONESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1211 PM EDT SUN APR 01 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1205 PM 5 E CONCORD NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/01/01 CABARRUS AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER
REPORTED
1208 PM 6 E SALISBURY NC 1.00 INCH HAILL
04/01/01 ROWAN SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
BY PHONE
JONESThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
911 center reported trees down and wind estimated to 65 mph. A storm spotter nearby recorded an actual measured gust of 60 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 2001
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: 5241215.