1 flash flood, 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 Jul 24, 1:50 PM EST, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 250 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2001 CWFA TO REMAIN UNDER WEAKNESS BETWEEN BERMUDA HIGH AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE PLAINS AS VORT/UL SHEAR AXIS ON THIS MORNING'S UA ANALYSIS...GRADUALLY LIFTS NORTH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. BROAD AND DEEP...BUT RATHER WEAK SSE FLOW TONIGHT WILL VEER TO MORE SWLY WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEEK'S END AS TROPICAL PWAT VALUES DECREASE ONLY SLIGHTLY. KGSP 88D LOOPS SHOW TROPICAL LOOKING RETURNS IN THE WEAK/DEEP SE FLOW ACRS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...WHILE ACRS ERN SECTIONS OF THE CWFA...CLOSER TO STRONGER...SOUTHERLY LLVL JET...STORMS SHOWING MORE MASS & SOME CG STRIKES. LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS WELL DEFINED SFC TROUGH WELL TO SOUTH & MDL FORECASTS DON'T INDICATE ANYTHING MORE THAN WEAK/SPURIOUS LLVL CONVERGENCE AREAS OVER THE CWFA TONIGHT...BUT THEY DO INDICATE STGR LLVL SLY WIND FLOW CLOSER TO THE COAST MIGRATING WEST... INCREASING TO ABT 25 KTS ACRS MY ERN FRINGES. THIS...IN CONJUNCTION WITH LIFT ALONG EAST SIDE OF UL SHEAR AXIS...SHOULD KEEP HIGHEST QPF NEARER THIS AXIS...RATHER THAN IN ANY UPSLOPE AIDED PCPN ACRS MTNS/FTHLS. BY THE END OF THE SHORT RANGE...WELL DEFINED FRONTAL BNDRY PROGGED TO BE LOCATED NEAR THE OHIO VALLEY WITH ASSOCIATED FRONTAL ZONE DEEP CONVECTION W/NW OF THE MTNS. NEW AVN SAGS THIS FRONT INTO THE CWFA FRIDAY AND SLOWLY DROPS SWD THRU THE WEEKEND. WILL CONTINUE POPS FOR DAYS 3-5 & ADD FOR MONDAY. FCSTID = 55 GSP 71 84 70 87 / 70 60 50 40 AND 71 84 70 87 / 70 60 50 40 CLT 71 84 70 87 / 70 60 50 40 HKY 71 84 70 87 / 70 60 50 40 AVL 68 80 66 83 / 70 60 50 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
The Greer radar (KGSP), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A park in downtown Rutherfordton was flooded and closed during torrential downpours associated with slow-moving thunderstorms. Some small creeks and roads flooded as well.
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, July 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: 5260954.