1 thunderstorm wind, 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 8, 8:50 PM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 950 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001 PLAN ON ISSUING ZFP UPDATE NEAR 10 PM COINCIDENT WITH WATCH EXPIRATION. KGSP RADAR LOOPS SHOW TSTMS GRADUALLY WEAKENING ALONG SOUTHERN & WESTERN EDGES OF CWFA & A SHRINKING AREA OF STRATIFORM RAIN IN THEIR WAKE. NEXT CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IS JUST SOUTH OF OHIO RIVER & CONTINUING TO PROGRESS RAPIDLY SWD. EVEN THOUGH CWFA HAS BEEN WORKED OVER PRETTY WELL THIS EVENING...WITH LAPS DATA SHOWING JUST A FEW HUNDRED CAPE OVER WESTERN & SOUTHERN SECTIONS...WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS IN MTNS & TAPER TO CHC PIEDMONT. KGSP STP SHOWS SOME 1.5 TO 2 INCH PIXELS...BUT DEEP CONVECTION MOVED RATHER RAPIDLY ACRS THE AREA THIS EVENING...TO KEEP MANY AREAS WITH JUST LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL TOTALS...SO DON'T PLAN ON ANY FFA. FCSTID = 55 GSP 71 87 72 92 / 50 40 30 30 AND 71 87 72 92 / 50 40 30 30 CLT 71 87 72 9 2 / 40 40 30 30 HKY 69 86 69 90 / 60 40 30 30 AVL 65 82 65 87 / 70 40 30 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
740 PM EDT SUN JUL 08 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
645 PM CASAR NC WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 CLEVELAND TREES DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY
10 AND OLIVE GROVE ROAD.
HAM RADIO REPORT.
CSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
741 PM EDT SUN JUL 08 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
630 PM LEICESTER NC WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 BUNCOMBE PUBLIC REPORTED MEDIUM TO
LARGE TREE DOWN ON HOUSE.
LAMBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
743 PM EDT SUN JUL 08 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
720 PM GREENVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 GREENVILLE PINE TREE DOWN ON I-385
NEAR STONE AVE. REPORT
RELAYED THROUGH HAM
RADIO.
CSHThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:42 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gas station personnel reported numerous trees and power lines down across roads overnight.
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: 5261275.