1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 10, 2:56 PM EST, 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 356 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001 NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WILL SEE A TROF EVOLVE BETWEEN THE TWO FACTIONS OF THE RIDGE THAT HAS DOMINATED THE SOUTHEAST STATES FOR MUCH OF THIS PAST WEEK. UPPER VORT...ACROSS TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON...PROGD TO SLIDE TO THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY SHUNTED EASTWARD AS ONE OF TWO WELL-DEFINED SHORTWAVES PUSH IT ALONG. AT THIS JUNCTURE...LUKS AS IF BEST FORCING FOR PRECIP COMES SUNDAY...AS UPPER VORT CROSSES THE CWFA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. MEANWHILE...SURFACE FRONT CONTINUES TO SLIDE EASTWARD...AND ALL MODELS INSIST THAT SOME TYPE OF SURFACE TROFINESS TO REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. SURFACE THETA-E GRADIENT...AND LOW LEVEL THICKNESS GRADIENT...DOES NOT MAKE GREAT PROGRESS TOWARD OUR REGION IN FACT...THE BOUNDARY LUKS TO BE IN A WEAKENED STATE BY LATE IN THE MODEL RUN...AS SECONDARY BOUNDARY APPROACHES THE OHIO VALLEY BY END OF THE WEEK. SO...WENT WITH POPS ALL PERIODS THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY...HIGHEST FOR SATURDAY/SUNDAY. ANY FORCING FOR PRECIP AFTER THIS WEEKEND WILL REALLY DEPEND ON SURFACE BOUNDARY PLACEMENT. WOULD EXPECT THAT IN VICINITY OF MOUNTAINS/HIGHER ELEVATION FOOTHILLS...BECAUSE BY TUESDAY...WE REALLY ARE LACKING ANY FORCING MECHANISMS ALOFT AND SOME SEMBLENCE OF A BOUNDARY REMAINS OVER THE AREA. WILL HIGHLIGHT A SLIGHT COOLING TREND FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY MOUNTAINS..DUE INCREASED CLOUD COVER. OTHERWISE...RETURN TO 90S BY END OF NEXT WEEK PIEDMONT ZONES. FCSTID = 44 GSP 73 89 71 85 / 30 50 30 70 AND 73 89 71 85 / 30 50 30 70 CLT 73 89 71 85 / 30 50 30 70 HKY 70 85 70 82 / 30 60 30 70 AVL 68 84 68 81 / 40 60 40 70 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. BURRUS
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Outside Rockwell, lightning struck a tree and then 7 quarter horses, killing them instantly. In Kannapolis, lightning struck the chimney of a school gymnasium, knocking out 120 bricks when then fell through the roof and damaged cars nearby.
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, August 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: 5266770.