Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- August 9, 2:15 PM EST
- Where
- Union County, 9 mi S of Monroe
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -80.567
Two trees were snapped off by marginally-severe thunderstorm winds.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 9, 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 9, 9:43 AM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 9:43 AM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1043 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2001 THICKNESS SCHEME SUPPORTS TEMPERATURES ABOUT AS ADVERTISED...WITH WARMEST READINGS AGAIN EXPECTED IN OUR EASTERN ZONES. DESPITE SURFACE DEWPOINTS AS HIGH AS 76 AT AND/CEU...MIXING SHOULD ALLOW SOME DRIER AIR TO WORK DOWN TO SURFACE. UPPER VORT ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT IS LEFT OF BARRY WORKING STEADILY OUT OF WESTERN TENNESSEE...WITH QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTION ALREADY AHEAD OF IT IN SOUPY AIRMASS. WILL MAKE NO CHANGES TO CURRENT ZONE POPS. FCSTID = 44 GSP 93 71 90 71 / 20 30 40 30 AND 93 72 90 71 / 20 30 40 30 CLT 95 71 92 71 / 30 30 40 30 HKY 93 71 90 71 / 30 30 40 30 AVL 85 69 85 69 / 40 40 70 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. BURRUS
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:13 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 9, 2001
- Heat in Missouri, August 9, 2001
- Heat in Texas, August 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 9, 2001
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 9, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, August 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, August 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Dakota, August 9, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, August 9, 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: 5265967.