1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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 4, 2:30 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 330 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2001 CONVECTION MAINLY SCATTERED OVER CWFA FOR NOW. SHORT WAVE MOVING THRU UPPER TROF HELPING TO SET UP SQUALL LINE TO OUR NORTHWEST. THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO THE MTNS BY EVENING. SVR TSRA POSSIBLE WITH THE LINE. OTHER STRONG CONVECTION FORMING ALONG LEE TROF OVER FOOTHILLS. ISOLATED SVR TSRA POSSIBLE HERE AS WELL. WILL USE AT LEAST LIKELY POPS ALL AREAS THIS EVENING AS CONVECTION WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS. ATMOS DRIES OUT A LITTLE WITH WLY FLOW THU. HOWEVER ANOTHER SHORT WAVE/THERMAL TROF AND SFC FNT MOVE THRU. SCT AFT CONVECTION POSSIBLE...BUT MUCH LESS COVERAGE THAN TODAY. 30 POP SHOULD SUFFICE. HIGHS VARY ONLY A LITTLE AS LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES REMAIN NEARLY THE SAME. HOWEVER LOWS THU AND FRI NITES SHOULD BE LOWER GIVEN CLEAR SKIES AND LOWER DEW POINTS. GSP 70 89 65 90 / 50 30 0 0 AND 70 89 65 90 / 50 30 0 0 CLT 70 89 65 88 / 50 30 0 0 HKY 67 87 63 87 / 50 30 0 0 AVL 65 86 60 85 / 50 30 0 0 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RWH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
619 PM EDT WED JUL 04 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
610 PM RUTHERFORDTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/04/01 RUTHERFORD COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN
IN/ RUTHERFORDTON AND ALSO
ONE IN LAKE LURE.
JONESThe Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:23 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines blown down between Rutherfordton and Forest City. Power poles were snapped in half. Urban flooding occurred, closing three streets. A car was trapped under downed power lines. Some trees were blown onto houses.
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: 5261057, 5261058.