North Carolina, 2001Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 10, 2001
August 10, 2001 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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 Aug 10, 2:56 PM EST, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 2:56 PM EST, 44 minutes before
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
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 10, 3:17 PM EST, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
417 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
355 PM 1SW CHINA GROVE NC WIND DAMAGE
08/10/01 ROWAN 3 OR 4 POWER POLES
SNAPPED. OTHER POWERS
LINES AND A FEW TREES
DOWN SAME AREA
MCAVOYThunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- August 10, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Henderson County, Hendersonville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.317, -82.483
Severe thunderstorm winds brought down at least two trees in the city. One fell across a mobile home, injuring the occupants inside.
- 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.
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 10, 20011 death · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Alabama, August 10, 20014 injured · $100,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 10, 2001$200,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, August 10, 2001$200,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Texas, August 10, 20011 injured · $100,000 · 78 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 10, 2001$125,000 · 1.5 in hail · 6 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 10, 2001$150,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, August 10, 2001$55,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flood in Alabama, August 10, 2001$50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Mississippi, August 10, 2001$40,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 10, 2001$37,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 10, 2001$20,000 · 1 in hail · 11 events
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: 5265969.