Thunderstorm Wind, Davie
- When
- August 11, 4:35 PM EST
- Where
- Davie County, 5 mi N of Mocksville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.967, -80.567
Trees brought down along highway 601 near William R. Davie Fire Station.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 11, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 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 11, 1:35 PM EST, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 1:35 PM EST, 3 hours before
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 radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:34 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 11, 2001
- Tornado and Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 11, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, August 11, 2001
- Flash Flood in District of Columbia, August 11, 2001
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 11, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, August 11, 2001
- Flash Flood in Delaware, August 11 to 12, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 11, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 11, 2001
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, August 11, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 11, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, August 11, 2001
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2001
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: 5265971.