1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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.
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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 16, 1:34 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 234 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001 A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER TROUGH PUSHING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT...BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. AS THE REMNANTS OF ALLISON AND THE FRONT MOVE OUT TO SEA ON SUNDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA BRINGING FAIR WEATHER THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. MECHANISMS FOR LIFT ARENT TOO IMPRESSIVE TONIGHT AS CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT LOOKS TO BE LIMITED. HOWEVER...WITH CONVECTION ALREADY POPPING IN CONFLUENT W-NW FLOW IN THE WAKE OF ALLISON...WILL GO WITH CHC POPS FOR TONIGHT AS THE ATMOSPHERE IS RATHER UNSTABLE. NO POPS...OTHER THAN 10 PERCENT FOR POTENTIAL SEA BREEZE ACTION BEYOND TONIGHT. IN THE EXTENDED...NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIP LOOKS TO BE WITH A COLD FRONT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. CWF: LIGHT W-SW WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME NORTH AROUND DAYBREAK SUN. N WINDS SUN SHOULD BECOME NE LATE AND CONTINUE INTO MON. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS: FCSTID = 31 ILM 71 88 68 88 / 40 10 0 10 LBT 70 90 68 89 / 40 10 0 0 FLO 70 90 68 89 / 40 10 0 0 MYR 71 88 68 88 / 40 10 0 10 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
514 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION.....
0455 PM 4 S LORIS SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 HORRY HAM RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
DLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
545 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0535 PM LUMBERTON NC TORNADO
06/16/01 ROBESON FIREMAN REPORTED 2 FUNNEL
CLOUDS 5 MILES NORTH OF
NORMENT RD AND CARTHAGE RD.
ONE FUNNEL CLOUD BRIEFLY
TOUCH DOWN.
DLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
559 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0535 PM LUMBERTON NC TSTM WIND GUST
06/16/01 ROBESON CORRECTION: EMERGENCY
MANAGER DETERMINED DAMAGE
TO HOUSE AT2 NORMENT RD AND
CARTHAGE RD WAS NOT DUE TO
A TORNADO. WIND DAMAGE
ONLY.
DLThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter reported flooding on Hwy 301, just north of town. Street flooding was also reported in a few subdivisions north of town.
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: 5251766.