1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 3, 2:14 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 314 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001 SUNSHINE OVER THE MOUNTAINS ALLOWED THE AREA TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE. A WEAK WAVE MOVING INTO THE AREA HAS KICKED OFF NUMEROUS SH/TSRA. LOTS OF CONVECTION TO OUR SOUTH AS WELL WHERE MORE SUNSHINE HAS OCCURRED. A LITTLE LESS UNSTABLE IN THE CWFA OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS WHERE CLOUDS LINGERED. HOWEVER CONVECTION SHOULD FIRE AS WAVE AND BOUNDARIES FROM CURRENT ACTIVITY MOVE IN. WILL GO CATEGORICAL OVER THE MTNS AND NC FOOTHILLS WHERE CONVECTION ONGOING OR IMMINENT... LIKELY ELSEWHERE. FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES WITH HEAVY RAINERS AND SLOW MOVEMENT. BUT THREAT NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH FOR SHORT TERM FFA ATTM. CONVECTION COULD CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT...BUT SHOULD BECOME MORE SCATTERED. A REMINDER...FIRST PERIOD POP BELOW IS CCF AND NOT CURRENT COVERAGE. ATMOS REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE THRU THE PERIOD WITH WEAK WAVES MOVING THRU THE UPPER TROF. LEE TROF AND DIFFERENTIAL HEATING WILL HELP INITIATE CONVECTION WED. APPROACHING SFC FNT AN ADDITIONAL TRIGGER THU/THU NITE. AFTER TONIGHT...ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BE MORE OF THE AFT/EVE VARIETY...BUT HAVE LEFT OUT OF ZONES FOR BREVITY. SFC FNT MOVES THRU THU NITE. SHORT LIVED DRIER COOLER HIGH MOVES IN. ATMOS QUICKLY MODIFIES INTO WARM HUMID SUMMERTIME AIR MASS. GUIDANCE INDICATES A POSSIBLE REPEAT OF WX FROM MONDAY AND TODAY ON DAYS 6/7. TIMING OF FRONT COULD BE PROBLEMATICAL. SINCE POPS DO NOT GO ABOVE CLIMO UNTIL TUE...HAVE LEFT OUT OF FCST UNTIL THEN. GSP 70 88 70 88 / 50 50 40 40 AND 70 88 70 88 / 50 50 40 40 CLT 70 87 70 87 / 50 50 40 40 HKY 67 86 68 85 / 50 50 40 40 AVL 65 84 65 83 / 50 50 40 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RWH
The Greer radar (KGSP), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:54 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning started a fire at a power transformer, destroying the building which was located at a power plant and a car belonging to one of the power plant employees.
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: 5261287.