North Carolina, 2001

Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 25, 2001

July 25, 2001 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Jul 25, 2:05 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 2:05 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
305 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001

LARGE SCALE LIFT WILL BE ON THE DECREASE TONIGHT AS MID-LVL VORT
MAX GRADUALLY SHIFTS NORTHEAST TOWARD THE MID-ATLANTIC. BUT...AT
LEAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...FORCING ALONG THE EAST SIDE
OF THIS FEATURE WILL CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH PWATS NEAR 2.00"
(150% OF NORMAL). POPS WILL GENERALLY BE DETERMINED WITH RADAR
CVRG AT ZFP ISSUANCE TIME...BUT THEY WILL AT LEAST BE LIKELY WITH
HVY RAIN WORDING THIS EVENING.

THROUGH THE REST OF THE SHORT RANGE PERIOD...TROPICAL AIR REMAINS
OVER THE REGION AS THE MAIN SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURE LOOKS TO BE A
SOUTHWARD DROPPING FRONTAL ZONE WHICH IS PROGGED TO MOVE FROM NORTH
OF THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON TO NEAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE
DURING FRIDAY.

UNTIL THEN...MDLS DEPICT NEXT SHORTWAVE LIFTING NORTH OUT OF THE
GULF TO REMAIN WELL TO THE W/SW OF THE CWFA THURSDAY & THU NITE...
SO WOULD MAINLY EXPECT DIURNAL DEEP CONVECTION UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN
BETTER FORCING ALONG FRONTAL ZONE APPROACHES.

IN THE EXTENDED...AVN LINGERS FRONTAL ZONE JUST NORTH OF THE CWFA
INTO MONDAY WITH ATMOSPHERE SOUTH OF THE BNDRY REMAINING QUITE
MOIST. WILL CONTINUE CHC POPS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

FCSTID = 55
GSP   71  87  71  85 /  70  50  40  40
AND   71  87  71  85 /  70  50  40  40
CLT   71  87  71  85 /  70  50  40  40
HKY   71  87  71  85 /  70  50  40  40
AVL   67  83  66  82 /  70  50  40  40

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 25, 3:48 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
448 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

410 PM     6 W PIEDMONT              SC   FLASH FLOOD
07/25/01   ANDERSON                       WATER FLOWING FROM POND
                                          ONTO LAKE ROAD. REPORTED
                                          BY COUNTY 911.

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 3:59 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
459 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

422 PM     GREENVILLE                SC   FLASH FLOOD
07/25/01   GREENVILLE                     RILEY SMITH BRIDGE CLOSED
                                          NEAR ROPER MOUNTAIN ROAD.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY 911.

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The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Caldwell

When
July 25, 5:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Caldwell County, 8 mi E of Lenoir
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.953, -81.546 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tributary of McCrary Creek flooded part of Highway 90.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 5260960.