Flood and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 15, 2001

Name: Flood and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
Start: 2001-06-15T17:15
End: 2001-06-15T18:15
Location: North Carolina

June 15, 2001 · NWS GSP · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 15, 2:40 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:40 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
340 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001

AFTER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS...THE FORECAST TODAY SEEMS FAIRLY
STRAIGHTFORWARD. THE MODELS SHOW A TRANSITION IN THE UPPER PATTERN
OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS THE OLD LOW LIFTS UP THE COAST AND FINALLY
WEAKENS AND A LARGE UPPER TROF LIFTS FROM THE PLAINS...ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES...TO EASTERN CANADA. IN ITS PLACE...A LARGE UPPER RIDGE
WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...AND WILL NOSE IN OVER THE
SOUTHEAST BY SUNDAY.

AS THE UPPER TROF LIFTS OUT OF THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES ON SATURDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST
TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER WESTERN
TENNESSEE MAY SURVIVE TO MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS LATER TONIGHT. WILL
KEEP A CHANCE OF PRECIP IN THE WESTERN ZONES TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS.
OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE ZONES...THE SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD
DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT.

CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE BOUNDARY WILL CROSS THE MOUNTAINS IN
THE LATE MORNING SATURDAY...AND THE PIEDMONT ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE BEST UPPER SUPPORT APPEARS TO MOVE PAST TO THE NORTH AS THE
UPPER TROF LIFTS OUT...ALTHOUGH THE AIR MASS AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY
WILL STILL HAVE PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY. LOW
LEVEL FORCING ALONG THE BOUNDARY SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO TRIGGER
SOME THUNDERSTORMS. WILL GO WITH A SLIGHTLY HIGHER CHANCE OVER THE
EASTERN ZONES WHERE THE FRONT WILL PASS LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.

THE FRONT...SUCH THAT IT IS...SHOULD BE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY
SATURDAY EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE FRONT WILL BE WEAKENING AS IT MOVES
PAST...SOMEWHAT DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR WILL MOVE IN ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY. THIS SHOULD PRECLUDE ALL BUT ISOLATED
SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPS WILL NOT DROP...BUT SHOULD
ACTUALLY BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER SUNDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE NOSES IN.

AS FOR THE EXTENDED...THE MRF SHOWS MOISTURE INCREASING BY THE
MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK WITH A FEW DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH IN
THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. WILL INTRODUCE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK.

FCSTID = 10
GSP   69  88  66  90 /  30  30  10   0
AND   69  89  66  90 /  30  30  10   0
CLT   70  89  66  90 /  30  30  20   0
HKY   67  88  63  88 /  30  30  10   0
AVL   63  82  60  85 /  40  30  10  10

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

MOORE

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AFDGSP

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
340 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001

AFTER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS...THE FORECAST TODAY SEEMS FAIRLY
STRAIGHTFORWARD. THE MODELS SHOW A TRANSITION IN THE UPPER PATTERN
OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS THE OLD LOW LIFTS UP THE COAST AND FINALLY
WEAKENS AND A LARGE UPPER TROF LIFTS FROM THE PLAINS...ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES...TO EASTERN CANADA. IN ITS PLACE...A LARGE UPPER RIDGE
WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...AND WILL NOSE IN OVER THE
SOUTHEAST BY SUNDAY.

AS THE UPPER TROF LIFTS OUT OF THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES ON SATURDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST
TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER WESTERN
TENNESSEE MAY SURVIVE TO MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS LATER TONIGHT. WILL
KEEP A CHANCE OF PRECIP IN THE WESTERN ZONES TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS.
OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE ZONES...THE SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD
DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT.

CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE BOUNDARY WILL CROSS THE MOUNTAINS IN
THE LATE MORNING SATURDAY...AND THE PIEDMONT ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE BEST UPPER SUPPORT APPEARS TO MOVE PAST TO THE NORTH AS THE
UPPER TROF LIFTS OUT...ALTHOUGH THE AIR MASS AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY
WILL STILL HAVE PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY. LOW
LEVEL FORCING ALONG THE BOUNDARY SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO TRIGGER
SOME THUNDERSTORMS. WILL GO WITH A SLIGHTLY HIGHER CHANCE OVER THE
EASTERN ZONES WHERE THE FRONT WILL PASS LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.

THE FRONT...SUCH THAT IT IS...SHOULD BE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY
SATURDAY EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE FRONT WILL BE WEAKENING AS IT MOVES
PAST...SOMEWHAT DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR WILL MOVE IN ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY. THIS SHOULD PRECLUDE ALL BUT ISOLATED
SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPS WILL NOT DROP...BUT SHOULD
ACTUALLY BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER SUNDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE NOSES IN.

AS FOR THE EXTENDED...THE MRF SHOWS MOISTURE INCREASING BY THE
MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK WITH A FEW DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH IN
THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. WILL INTRODUCE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK.

FCSTID = 10
GSP   69  88  66  90 /  30  30  10   0
AND   69  89  66  90 /  30  30  10   0
CLT   70  89  66  90 /  30  30  20   0
HKY   67  88  63  88 /  30  30  10   0
AVL   63  82  60  85 /  40  30  10  10

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

MOORE

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:17 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Rowan

When: June 15, 5:15 PM EST to 6:15 PM EST
Where: Rowan County, Salisbury
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.640, -80.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan

When: June 15, 5:32 PM EST
Where: Rowan County, 8 mi NE of Salisbury
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.750, -80.400

Numerous power lines blown down in Spencer and East Spencer. At one point, power was out to 4800 homes. There was also flooding around Salisbury from heavy rainfall in a short time.

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, June 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5254976, 5254975.