North Carolina, 2001

Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 22, 2001

June 22, 2001 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1.0 million
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 22, 11:39 AM EST, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 11:39 AM EST, 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1239 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

UPDATE FORTHCOMING TO INCLUDE OUR SIX GEORGIA COUNTIES INTO WATCH
NUMBER 464.

FCSTID = 44
GSP   84  67  84  64 /  60  60  40  30
AND   85  67  85  64 /  60  50  40  30
CLT   87  67  84  64 /  60  60  40  30
HKY   85  65  81  62 /  60  60  40  30
AVL   81  61  78  57 /  60  70  30  30

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:40 AM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-222100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1040 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON...AND THEN MAKE VERY SLOW PROGRESS INTO FOOTHILL AND
PIEDMONT SECTIONS TONIGHT. THE WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE
ACROSS THE REGION...ALONG WITH A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM...WILL COMBINE WITH THE COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL LARGER THAN 3/4 INCH IN
DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY AFFECT MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS BEGINNING EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE LATE DAY.
BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY ALSO CREATE CONSIDERING STANDING
WATER IN AFFECTED AREAS.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

HG
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:40 AM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-222100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED FOR TYPO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1040 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON...AND THEN MAKE VERY SLOW PROGRESS INTO FOOTHILL AND
PIEDMONT SECTIONS TONIGHT. THE WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE
ACROSS THE REGION...ALONG WITH A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM...WILL COMBINE WITH THE COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL LARGER THAN 3/4 INCH IN
DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY AFFECT MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS BEGINNING EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE LATE DAY.
BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY ALSO CREATE CONSIDERABLE STANDING
WATER IN AFFECTED AREAS.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

HG
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 11:09 AM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-222100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED FOR TYPO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1040 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON...AND THEN MAKE VERY SLOW PROGRESS INTO FOOTHILL AND
PIEDMONT SECTIONS TONIGHT. THE WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE
ACROSS THE REGION...ALONG WITH A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM...WILL COMBINE WITH THE COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL LARGER THAN 3/4 INCH IN
DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY AFFECT MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS BEGINNING EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE LATE DAY.
BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY ALSO CREATE CONSIDERABLE STANDING
WATER IN AFFECTED AREAS.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

HG
Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:17 PM EST, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
117 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

113 PM     6 S ASHEVILLE             NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/01   BUNCOMBE                       3/4 INCH HAIL AND WINDS
                                          ESTIMATED AT 50 MPH WITH
                                         I TREE LIMBS DOWN NEAR
                                          ASHEVILLE AIRPORT, I-26,
                                          AND SKYLAND AREAS.

TJB

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Buncombe

When
June 22, 12:30 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Buncombe County, Skyland
Property damage
$1.0 million
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
35.611, -82.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A significant, classic flash flood developed when nearly-stationary thunderstorms dumped as much as 4 inches of rain on southern Buncombe County in a short period of time. Several creeks flooded, including Hominy and Avery creeks. The worst of the flooding occurred between 1245 pm and 145 pm EST. A mobile home park was flooded, businesses flooded and cars were caught in rapidly developing flood water. A number of rescues were required.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5254200.