North Carolina, 2001Strong Wind in North Carolina, January 20, 2001
January 20, 2001 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- 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 Jan 19, 4:09 PM EST, 22 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 4:09 PM EST, 22 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>Strong Wind, Polk
- When
- January 20, 2:55 PM EST
- Where
- Polk forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Gusty winds caused a large tree to fall across the 3 main power lines serving the town of Saluda. Power was out for around 9 hours.
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 20, 200140 events
- Winter Storm and Sleet in New Jersey, January 20 to 21, 200120 events
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, January 20, 200118 events
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 20 to 21, 200116 events
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New York, January 20 to 21, 200115 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 20 to 21, 200114 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 20 to 21, 200111 events
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 20 to 21, 200111 events
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 20 to 21, 200110 events
- Winter Weather in Georgia, January 20, 20018 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 20 to 21, 20018 events
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 20 to 21, 20018 events
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5230373.