1 lightning, 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 Jun 15, 9:20 AM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1020 AM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001 WESTERN CAROLINAS ARE STUCK IN AN AREA OF WEAK UPPER RIDGING AND LIGHT FLOW BETWEEN CIRCULATION AROUND OLD SUBTROPICAL LOW SPINNING AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST AND SURFACE FRONT ADVANCING ACROSS MS VALLEY. THE MAIN QUESTION AGAIN FOR THIS AFTERNOON IS THE AMOUNT OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT WILL DEVELOP. MOST SIGNS POINT TO LESS COVERAGE OF STORMS THAN YESTERDAY. WE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...BUT SURFACE DEWPOINTS ARE A FEW DEGREES LESS TODAY. INSTABILITY IS STILL SUFFICIENT...BUT LESS THAN YESTERDAY...WITH MODIFIED GSO RAOB SHOWING CAPE AROUND 2000 J/KG FOR THIS AFTERNOON. UPPER FORCING IS NON-EXISTENT...BUT THE ETA AND RUC MAINTAIN SOME LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...ONLY NOT QUITE AS PRONOUNCED AS YESTERDAY WITH THE CONVERGENCE AROUND THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE LOW LIKELY TO BE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THINK A 30 PERCENT CHANCE SHOULD COVER IT. WILL NOT RULE OUT A FEW MORE PULSE SEVERE STORMS TODAY...AS WET BULB ZERO HEIGHT REMAINS FAIRLY LOW FOR JUNE AND DRIER MID LEVEL AIR TODAY WILL AID IN STRONG DOWNDRAFT POTENTIAL. WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE AN OUTLOOK STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTING THIS. ZONES LOOK OK FOR THE MOST PART AND WILL ONLY MAKE A FEW CHANGES TO TEMPS AND CLOUD COVER. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. S7C...NONE. MOORE
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-152000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1021 AM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... WARM...MOIST AIR REMAINS OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BE SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND...HOWEVER SOME LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...AND MAY REFORM AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM TH E WEST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. 07
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 20-minute lightning storm caused lines to fall, taking down 2 power poles.
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, June 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: 5255114.