North Carolina, 2001

Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 27, 2001

June 27, 2001 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, 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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  • 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
$500,000
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 27, 8:44 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 8:44 PM EST, 1 minute before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:25 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
525 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2001

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

512 PM     LAURENS                   SC   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/01   LAURENS                        TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY 911
                                          CENTE\R.

MCAVOY
Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:46 PM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
546 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2001

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

514 PM     LAURENS                   SC   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/01   LAURENS                        ***INJURED 1, DEAD 0***
                                          INJURY CAUSED BY TREE
                                          FALLING ON HOUSE. SEVERAL
                                          OTHER TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN IN TOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY EOC.

LAMB
Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:43 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
643 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2001

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

600 PM     3 E SPARTANBURG           SC   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/01   SPARTANBURG                    2.5 FOOT DIAMETER TREE
                                          BLOWN ONTO MOBILE
                                          HOME...NESIGHBORING TREE
                                          DOWNED ON BARN.

LAMB
Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:43 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED LOCATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
643 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2001

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

600 PM     20 S SPARTANBURG           SC   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/01   SPARTANBURG                    2.5 FOOT DIAMETER TREE
                                          BLOWN ONTO MOBILE HOME.
                                          NEIGHBORING TREE DOWNED
                                          ON BARN...NEAR CROSS
                                          ANCHOR.

LAMB/RBN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:46 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Madison

When
June 27, 8:45 PM EST to 11:30 PM EST
Where
Madison County, 5 mi N of Marshall
Crop damage
$500,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
35.858, -82.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Walnut Creek and other smaller creeks flooded. Five county roads were closed. 150 people were evacuated. 3 homes and 1 business damaged. People were trapped in their homes by the flood water.

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

More

Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5254203.