1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 19, 10:42 AM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1042 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2001 ZONES MAY BE A LITTLE LATE. HAD TO DO A MAJOR REWRITE TO THE FCST MATRIX. ONLY ONE LOCATION...CLT...REPORTING DENSE FOG ATTM. WILL ALLOW DFA TO EXPIRE. WARM SECTOR HAS MOVED NWD INTO THE CWFA...GRD/EQY SOUTH WINDS AND RAPIDLY RISING TEMPS/DEW POINTS. COLD POOL REMAINS OVER REST OF CWFA. SFC LOW MOVING NWD TO OUR WEST...SO EROSION OF COLD POOL LIKELY TO CONTINUE...BUT SLOWLY. THIS INCREASES CHC OF SVR WX ALONG OUR SRN TIER COUNTIES...BUT WILL LEAVE OUT OF FCST ATTM. ISENTROPIC LIFT/WWA TO CONTINUE AHEAD OF FNT THIS AFTERNOON. TSRA BUILDING TO OUR WEST AND WILL SLIDE EAST INTO OUR AREA LATER. ALL THIS AGREES WITH CURRENT FCST. TEMPS/WINDS ARE ANOTHER STORY. HAVE SPLIT OFF SRN TIER WITH WARMER TEMPS AND HIER WINDS. HAVE LEFT OUT LWA ATTM GIVEN POOR CONDITIONS PER LOCAL POLICY. MADE SOME CHANGES TO WINDS/TEMPS ELSEWHERE INDICATING SLOWER EROSION OF COLD POOL. NO CHANGES TO LATER PERIODS. GSP 58 46 49 29 / 100 90 40 20 AND 59 46 49 29 / 100 90 40 20 CLT 59 45 48 27 / 100 90 50 20 HKY 53 42 45 25 / 100 90 50 30 AVL 56 38 38 22 / 100 90 60 60 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SATURDAY FOR ZONES NCZ033...NCZ048>052... NCZ058. SC...NONE. RWH
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-192251- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1055 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2001 ...VERY HEAVY RAIN TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA LATE FRIDAY MORNING...WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TO THE GULF COAST REGION. A WARM FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE LOW NORTHWARD TO SOUTHERN TENNESSEE...SOUTHEAST TO ALONG THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY...THEN NORTHWARD THROUGH THE SOUTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...TO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THIS FRONT WAS THE LEADING EDGE OF MUCH WARMER...UNSTABLE AIR...THAT WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE NORTHWARD...AS THE GEORGIA SURFACE LOW TRACKS OVER THE REGION. AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS...AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WILL DEVELOP. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST PREVALENT IN AREAS THAT SEE THE GREATEST RISE IN TEMPERATURES...AND WILL BE MORE ISOLATED WHERE THE AIR IS MOST STABLE. THE AIR OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WAS STILL QUITE STABLE LATE FRIDAY MORNING...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 40S. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES HAD RISEN SHARPLY INTO THE 50S AND LOWER 60S IN PARTS OF THE PIEDMONT...FROM ELBERTON TO GREENWOOD...CLINTON...CHESTER AND MONROE. THE AIR WAS MUCH MORE MOISTURE-LADEN THERE...AND IT IS THESE AREAS THAT SEEM THE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. THE WIND PROFILE FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL SUPPORT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 70 MPH...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE...BUT WIND DAMAGE FROM THUNDERSTORM GUSTS OR TORNADOES SEEMS THE MOST PROBABLE SEVERE WEATHER PHENOMENON WITH THE APPROACHING STORM. IN ADDITION TO SEVERE WEATHER...VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AS THE SURFACE LOW CROSSES THE REGION. SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN...BUT FORTUNATELY...NO FLOODING HAS YET BEEN OBSERVED. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. THE RAINFALL COULD BE HEAVY ENOUGH AT TIMES TO CREATE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. NO FLOOD...OR SEVERE WEATHER...WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT...BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND ISSUE APPROPRIATE PRODUCTS AS NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION...OR CAB;LE TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. BURRUS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
156 PM EST FRI JAN 19 2001
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
145 PM VANNA GA WIND DAMAGE
01/19/01 HART TWO CHICKEN HOUSES
DAMAGED
LGLThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A teacher was struck by lightning while on car duty after school. She was holding an umbrella for protection from the rain. She suffered a minor stroke and an injury to her side and was held at the hospital for 24 hours for observation.
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, January 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: 5230363.