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 11, 1:35 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 235 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001 IMPULSES ROUNDING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO MOVE THROUGH AREA NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO SUPPORT CONVECTION THIS EVENING. NC MOUNTAINS/FOOTHILLS ALREADY HAVE SUBSTANTIAL COVERAGE DESPITE LIMITED CAPE...AND WILL CONTINUE LIKELY THERE TONIGHT...WITH 50 POP E. BEST OMEGA AND DEEPEST MOISTURE SUN AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SUPPORTING LIKELY POPS. ON MON...MODELS SHOW LITTLE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY...AND ALTHOUGH LESS MOISTURE MON THAN ON SUN...STILL PLENTY FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION...AND WILL LEAVE POP AT 50. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES NEAR PERSISTENCE...WITH SLIGHT COOLING OF MAXIMUMS IN CLOUDS/PRECIP. IN EXTENDED...COLD FRONT IN AREA TUE...DRYING AREA OUT FOR WED. MOISTURE RETURNS N THU...WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH FRI. DRYING FROM N SAT. UNDERCUT GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES FRI SAT WITH SECOND FRONT. FCSTID = 7 GSP 72 85 72 85 / 50 60 60 50 AND 73 86 73 86 / 50 60 60 50 CLT 71 84 71 84 / 50 60 60 50 HKY 70 83 70 82 / 60 60 60 50 AVL 69 81 69 81 / 60 70 60 50 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
One person was struck by lightning. No other details known.
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: 5266771.