1 tornado, 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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 1, 10:18 AM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
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
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.
DLPRELIMINARY 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
DLPRELIMINARY 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
DLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
305 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0247 PM BLADENBORO NC WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01 BLADEN POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0245 PM NAKINA NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/01/01 COLUMBUS REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS
0215 PM DUBLIN NC WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01 BLADEN SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND
OUTBUILDINGS. LARGE TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWNED BY
WINDS. REPORTED BY COUNTY
OFFICIALS.
0150 PM 2 S SCRANTON SC WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01 FLORENCE 2 TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
0150 PM SCRANTON SC WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01 FLORENCE PORCH BLOWN OFF A MOBILE
HOME BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
REPORTED BY COUNTY
OFFICIALS.
TRAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
307 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0304 PM BURGAW NC WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01 PENDER GENERAL PUBLIC REPORTS
SHED BLOWN INTO HORSE
BRANCH ROAD.
DLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
310 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
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0308 PM WATHA NC 59 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/01/01 PENDER SPOTTER REPORTED MEASURED
WIND GUSTS.
DLThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
NWS surveyed damage to a turkey farm in Maple Hill. One building sustained significant damage, with debris consisting of broken timbers, sheets of tin, and various feeding equipment, spread over an area that was approximately 100 yards wide and a quarter mile long.
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 historyThe tornado archive for North Carolina, 2001Warnings 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: 5239809.