1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 11:39 AM EST, 34 minutes earlier.
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.
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
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
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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous reports of quarter-sized to golfball-sized hail in southern Buncombe County, along with several downed trees and power lines. Very heavy rainfall was also associated with this batch of storms, eventually resulting in a classic flash flood at Skyland.
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5254206, 5254207.