Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 8, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 8, 2001
Start: 2001-07-08T16:10
End: 2001-07-08T16:10
Location: North Carolina

July 8, 2001 · NWS RNK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A thunderstorm during the late afternoon of the 8th downed trees 8 miles west of Boone.

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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 happened

The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.

A thunderstorm during the late afternoon of the 8th downed trees 8 miles west of Boone.

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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 8, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
330 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

BACK EDGE OF THE MCS FINALLY MOVING THRU LAST FEW COUNTIES OF
SW VA/NW NC. SYSTEM PUT DOWN LARGE BAND OF 2-4 ICNHES OF RAIN
BETWEEN HINTON AND MARION. PATTERN DOES NOT CHANGE THRU TUES. THE
FAR SW COUNTIES MAY GET MORE TSRA FROM ONGOING ACTIVITY IN KY BUT
BETTER CHC TONIGHT WL BE WITH FEATURE COMING OUT OF IA. AXIS OF
HEAVIEST RAIN WITH THIS IS EXECTED TO BE WEST OF THE CWA BUT NOT
ENOUGH CERTAINTY ON THE TRACK AND NOT MUCH RAIN NEEDED TO CAUSE MORE
FLOODING IN THE AREA THAT GOT HEAVY RAIN TODAY SO WL ISSUE A FFA FOR
TNGT.

NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE REST OF THE FCST. AVN HAD FRONT THRU CWA
EARLY WED BUT NOW AHS DEEPER MOISTURE JUST S OF CWA. BUT FOR NOW WL
LEAVE THUR THRU SAT DRY.

FCSTID = 14
ROA   70  87  69  89 /  20  20  10  30
LYH   66  85  66  87 /  10  20  10  30
DAN   71  88  70  90 /  10  20  10  40
BLF   66  81  66  83 /  50  40  20  30
LWB   63  80  63  82 /  30  30  20  30
BCB   65  82  65  84 /  30  30  20  30
TNB   65  79  65  81 /  50  40  20  40

.RNK...
NC...NONE.
VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT VAZ007-009-010-012
WV...FLASH
 FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT WVZ042.

AMS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 10:50 AM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1150 AM EDT SUN JUL 08 2001

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

1045 AM    BLAND                     VA   FLOODING
07/08/01   BLAND                          FLASH FLOODING CAUSED MUD
                                          SLIDE COVERING ROUTE 42
                                          REPORTED BY BLAND COUNTY
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE.

1130 AM    1W TAZEWELL               VA   FLOODING
07/08/01   TAZEWELL                       FLASH FLOODING AT
                                          FAIRGROUNDS ROAD WEjST OF
                                          TAZEWELL REPORTED BY
                                          TAZEWELL COUNTY SHERIFFS
                                          OFFICE.

Local storm report, Jul 8, 11:07 AM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1207 PM EDT SUN JUL 08 2001

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

1200 PM    BLUEFIELD                 WV   FLOODING
07/08/01   MERCER                         FLASH FLOODING OF
                                          BUSINESS DISTRICT WHICH
                                          HAS NOT FLOODED IN THE!
                                          PAST 10 TO 15 YEARS
                                          REPORTED BY MERCER COUNTY
                                          911.

Local storm report, Jul 8, 11:45 AM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1245 PM EDT SUN JUL 08 2001

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

1240 PM    BLUEFIELD                 WV   FLOODING
07/08/01   MERCER                         FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES
                                          IN DOWNTOWN BLUEFIELD
                                          WITH EVACUATIONS TAKING
                                          PLACE BY BOAT REPORTED BY
                                          COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

1238 PM    BLAND                     VA   FLOODING
07/08/01   BLAND                          FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES
                                          WITH WATER FLOWING ACROSS
                                          ROUTE 617 AND ROUTE 622
                                          WEST OF BLAND REPORTED BY
                                          BLAND COUNTY SHERIFFS
                                          OFFICE.

1240 PM    TAZEWELL                  VA   FLOODING
07/08/01   TAZEWELL                       FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES
                                          WITH WATER FLOWING ACROSS
                                          FAIRGROUNDS ROAD WEST OF
                                          TAZEWELL REPORTED BY
                                          TAZEWELL COUNTY SHERIFFS
                                          OFFICE.

Local storm report, Jul 8, 12:37 PM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
137 PM EDT SUN JUL 08 2001

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

0130 PM    BLUEFIELD                 WV   FLOODING
07/08/01   MERCER                         FLASH FLOODING WITH MANY
                                          ROADS FLOODED THROUGHOT
                                          COUNTY. SEVERAL
                                          MUDSLIDES. SEVERAL PEOPLE
                                          STRANDED IN HOMES.
                                          SHELTERS OPEN. REPORTED
                                          BY MERCER COUNTY SHERIFFS

0130 PM    PRINCETON                 WV   FLOODING
07/08/01   MERCER                         FLASH FLOODING HAS
                                          STANDED PEOPLE IN
                                          PRINCETON. REPORTED BY
                                          MERCER COUNTY SHERIFFS
                                          OFFICE.

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:11 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Watauga

When: July 8, 4:10 PM EST
Where: Watauga County, 8 mi W of Boone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.217, -81.833

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, July 2001

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: 5258172.