1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 Aug 7, 8:55 AM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 955 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 2001 WV IMAGERY SHOWS HOT RIDGE NOSING INTO MID ATLC REGION FROM THE MIDWEST. WEAK SFC HI OVER SE US PER LATEST MSAS. MAIN THEME TODAY WILL BE HEAT AND HUMIDITY. CURRENT MAX TEMP FCST OF MID 90S INLAND AND NEAR 90 ALONG COAST LOOKS GOOD. NOT PLANNING A ZFP UPDATE BUT WILL FRESHEN UP HEAT ADVISORY NPW AROUND 1100L. CWF...CURRENT WINDS RUNNING W-NW AROUND 10KT PER BUOYS AND OMR. STILL EXPECTING SHIFT TO SW AS THINGS HEAT UP OVER LAND. WILL CONTINUE THAT DIURNAL TREND INTO WED. ALL THIS IS WELL IN LINE WITH GOING FCST SO NO MAJOR CHANGES. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... FCSTID = 35 ILM 92 75 92 75 / 10 10 10 10 LBT 94 73 95 73 / 10 10 10 10 FLO 95 74 96 75 / 10 10 10 10 MYR 90 76 90 77 / 10 10 10 10 .ILM... NC...HEAT ADVISORY...NCZ087-096-097-099>101. SC...HEAT ADVISORY...SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046. RAS
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
High humidities and temperatures in the mid 90s caused afternoon heat indices between 105 and 110 degrees (measured by ASOS) in New Hanover County. A heat index of 108 was also reported at North Myrtle Beach and Lumberton, with 105 reported by the ASOS in Florence.
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: 5262776.