North Carolina, 2001

Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 1, 2001

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

A strong cold front crossed western North Carolina on the 1st, bringing a dramatic clash of air masses, and the first significant severe weather outbreak in nearly six months, to a region that had experienced near-record warmth for the few days leading up the event. Numerous supercell thunderstorms roamed the foothills and piedmont at the height of the event.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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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 happened

The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.

A strong cold front crossed western North Carolina on the 1st, bringing a dramatic clash of air masses, and the first significant severe weather outbreak in nearly six months, to a region that had experienced near-record warmth for the few days leading up the event. Numerous supercell thunderstorms roamed the foothills and piedmont at the height of the event.

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, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 10:31 AM EST, 1 hour 9 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, 11:02 AM EST, 38 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

JONES
Local storm report, Apr 1, 11:11 AM EST, 29 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

JONES
Local storm report, Apr 1, 11:22 AM EST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1222 PM EDT SUN APR 01 2001

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

1145 AM    5 S CHESTER               SC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/01/01   CHESTER                        911 RELAYED REPORT

1145 AM    FORT LAWN                 SC   WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01   CHESTER                        911 RELAYED REPORT OF
                                          TREES DOWN.  ALSO WEST OF
                                          CHESTER

JONES
Local storm report, Apr 1, 11:27 AM EST, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1227 PM EDT SUN APR 01 2001

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

1155 AM    ENOCHVILLE                NC   WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01   ROWAN                          SPOTTER REPORTED TREES
                                          AND A POWER LINE DOWN.

RWH
Local storm report, Apr 1, 11:34 AM EST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1234 PM EDT SUN APR 01 2001

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

1220 AM    10 S MONROE               NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/01/01   UNION                          AMATEUR RADIO REPORTED

1220 PM    10 S MONROE               NC   WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01   UNION                          SPOTTER REPORTED LARGE
                                          LIMBS BLOWN DOWN

JONES
Local storm report, Apr 1, 11:34 AM EST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1234 PM EDT SUN APR 01 2001

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

1220 PM    10 S MONROE               NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/01/01   UNION                          AMATEUR RADIO REPORTED

1220 PM    10 S MONROE               NC   WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01   UNION                          SPOTTER REPORTED LARGE
                                          LIMBS BLOWN DOWN

JONES
...CORRECTED TIME OF FIRST EVENT...

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Union

When
April 1, 11:40 AM EST
Where
Union County, Marshville
Measured
58 kt (67 mph)
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
34.983, -80.367

911 center reported trees down and wind estimated at 65 mph.

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.

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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: 5241307.