North Carolina, 2001Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 14, 2001
June 14, 2001 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jun 14, 2:10 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:10 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
310 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001
THE 12Z MODEL RUNS SHOW SOME INTERESTING DIFFERENCES IN HOW THEY ARE
HANDLING THE FATE OF THE SUBTROPICAL LOW NEAR THE NC COAST THIS
AFTERNOON. FOR THE SHORT TERM...THE ETA APPEARS TO HAVE THE RIGHT
IDEA IN MOVING IT SLOWLY OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST AND OFF THE COAST...
BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY. HOWEVER...THE AVN TAKES THE LOW SLOWLY
NORTHWARD ALONG THE COAST. AT THIS POINT...I AM NOT SURE WHAT
DIFFERENCE IT MAKES AS TO WHAT MODEL SOLUTION IS ULTIMATELY
CORRECT...SINCE THIS SYSTEM IS FAR ENOUGH TO THE EAST THAT ANY RAIN
BANDS CIRCULATING AROUND THE CENTER SHOULD MISS OUR AREA TO THE EAST.
INSTEAD...WEAK UPPER RIDGING IN BETWEEN THIS LOW AND AN UPPER TROF
OVER THE PLAINS WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AS THE UPPER
TROF TO THE WEST LIFTS OUT TO THE GREAT LAKES. VERY LITTLE IN THE
WAY OF UPPER FORCING IS EXPECTED AS A RESULT. BY SATURDAY...WE ARE
LEFT WITH DIFLUENT UPPER FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WITH
A LARGE UPPER RIDGE NOSING IN FROM THE WEST. AT LOW LEVELS...THE ETA
MAINTAINS MOISTURE CONVERGENCE THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS...AND ANY
MESOSCALE FORCING...WILL DRIVE ANY CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH
SATURDAY. WITH NOTHING TO MOVE OUT THE LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE...
WE SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL FORCING TO GIVE US
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA EACH
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...REGARDLESS OF THE LOW POPS SEEN ON GUIDANCE.
TEMPS WILL BE SUMMERLIKE.
AS FOR THE EXTENDED...WILL KEEP IT DRY FOR NOW WITH POPS BELOW
CLIMATOLOGY.
FCSTID = 10
GSP 68 90 69 89 / 40 30 30 30
AND 69 90 69 89 / 50 30 30 30
CLT 69 90 70 89 / 40 30 30 30
HKY 65 88 66 87 / 30 30 30 30
AVL 63 85 62 82 / 40 30 30 30
.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
MOORE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 14, 1:32 PM EST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
232 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
228 PM AVALON GA .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 STEPHENS DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY SHERIFF DEPUTY NEAR
"AVALON.
MOORELocal storm report, Jun 14, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
300 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
241 PM CLARKESVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01 HABERSHAM ROOF TORN FROM OFFICE
BUILDING IN CLARKESVILLE.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 14, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...COR STATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
300 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
241 PM CLARKESVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01 HABERSHAM ROOF TORN FROM OFFICE
BUILDING IN CLARKESVILLE.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 14, 2:22 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
322 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOzCATION....
243 PM CLARKESVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01 HABERSHAM SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
CLARKESVILLE.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 14, 2:23 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
323 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
245 PM CLARKESVILLE GA .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 HABERSHAM DIME SIZE HAIL IN
CLARKESVILLE.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 14, 3:17 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
417 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
350 PM 8 N TRAVELERS REST SC WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01 GREENVILLE TREE DOWN AT INTERSECTION
OF US 25 AND SC 11. FROM
GREENVILLE 911.
355 PM TRAVELERS REST SC WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01 GREENVILLE TREE DOWN ACROSS CUBS MTN
RD JUST NORTH OF
TRAVELERS REST. FROM
TRAVELERS REST PD.
RWHThunderstorm Wind, Rutherford
- When
- June 14, 4:45 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rutherford County, Forest City
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.333, -81.883
Numerous trees and power lines blown down between Forest City and Sandy Mush, including at Bostic and Cliffside. At a local park in Forest City, a tent was split in two by the wind and portable toilets were blown over. Trees fell on a car and a truck.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in Texas, June 14, 20011 death · 1 event
- Tornadoes in Iowa, June 14, 20013 injured · F2 · 2 events
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 14, 2001$300,000 · F1 · 27 events
- Wildfire in California, June 14 to 20, 20016 injured · $150,000 · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 14, 2001$91,000 · F0 · 57 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 14, 20012 injured · $305,000 · 78 kt wind · 15 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 14, 20012 injured · $90,000 · 1.75 in hail · 31 events
- Extreme Cold in Colorado, June 14, 2001$250,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 14, 2001$200,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, June 14 to 15, 2001$175,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 14, 2001$125,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Iowa, June 14, 20012 injured · 70 kt wind · 35 events
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5254974.