Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- April 1, 11:20 AM EST
- Where
- Union County, 10 mi S of Monroe
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.833, -80.567
911 center reported trees down.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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
The toll
- 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 Apr 1, 10:31 AM EST, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 10:31 AM EST, 49 minutes before
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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 1, 10:12 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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.
RWHLocal storm report, Apr 1, 10:24 AM EST, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY 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
JONESLocal storm report, Apr 1, 10:27 AM EST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY 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
JONESLocal storm report, Apr 1, 10:47 AM EST, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY 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
JONESLocal storm report, Apr 1, 11:02 AM EST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY 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
JONESLocal storm report, Apr 1, 11:11 AM EST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY 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 radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flooding in Minnesota, April 1 to 30, 2001
- Flooding in Wisconsin, April 1 to 30, 2001
- Flood in North Dakota, April 1 to 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
- Flood in North Dakota, April 1 to 15, 2001
- Flood in North Dakota, April 1 to 15, 2001
- Flooding in South Dakota, April 1 to 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, April 1 to 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 1, 2001
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 2001
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: 5241216.