North Carolina, 2001Flash 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.
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- 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.
55Local 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.
55Flash 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.
- 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.
- Flash Flood in Missouri, July 25, 20012 deaths · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 25, 2001$1.6 million · 1.75 in hail · 20 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Georgia, July 25, 2001$820,000 · 9 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, July 25, 2001F2 · 3 events
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 25, 2001F2 · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 2001$238,000 · F0 · 7 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 25, 2001$100,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 25 to 26, 2001$50,000 · 4 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 25, 2001$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 25, 20011 injured · $30,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 25, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 25, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
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.