North Carolina, 2001

Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 29, 2001

June 29, 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
None recorded
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 29, 2:03 PM EST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:03 PM EST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
303 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2001

12Z ETA HAS DONE A GOOD JOB PICKING UP ON THE FEATURES NOTED ON THE
12Z H5 ANALYSIS. THAT BEING THE ONE VORT OVER THE MIDLANDS AND
SANDHILLS...AND ANOTHER OVER ERN AND CENTRAL TN. THIS PUTS US
BETWEEN THE FEATURES...AND THIS IS REFLECTED BY A RATHER QUITE CWA
ATTM...EXCEPT THE WRN MTNS WHICH ARE FEELING THE INFLUENCE OF THE
WRN VORT.

HOWEVER...WITH A TROPICAL AIRMASS IN PLACE AND AN AIRMASS WHICH HAS
NOT BEEN WORKED OVER HARDLY ANY AT ALL...THE THREAT FOR CONVECTION
WILL EXTEND WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT...ESP IN THE WRN ZONES.
THUS...WL KEEP 50 POP IN THE MTN ZONES...40 WRN UPSTATE AND
FOOTHILLS AND DROP IT BACK TO A 30 ERN ZONES.

ANOTHER CHUNK OF THE COLD TROUGH DOWN OVER FL AFFECTS THE CWA TMRW
AFTN. FEATURES ARE RATHER SUBTLE...AND I DON/T SEEN MUCH OF A SFC
BNDRY TO INITIATE CONVECTION...BUT STILL FEEL 40 TO 50 POPS ARE
WARRANTED.

FLOW TURNS MORE WLY SAT NGHT AND SUN...AND IT LOOKS LIKE LAYER RH/S
BEGIN TO DROP. WL LOWER POPS TO 30 ALL NON MTN ZONES.

FOR THE EXTENDED...AVN STILL WANTS TO BRING FRONT INTO THE REGION
MON...AND STALL IT OVER US. CAN/T DO ANY BETTER THAN CONTINUE POPS
THROUGH THE EXTENDED ATTM. HOWEVER...WL LOWER POPS A LITTLE IN THE
EXTENDED TO REPRESENT SLIGHTLY DRIER AIRMASS TUE-THU.

FCSTID = 14
GSP   66  88  68  90 /  40  40  40  30
AND N  66  88  68  90 /  40  40  40  30
CLT   66  88  68  90 /  40  40  40  30
HKY   67  88  68  90 /  40  40  40  30
AVL   62  83  62  84 /  50  50  40  30

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

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Madison

When
June 29, 5:45 PM EST to 6:15 PM EST
Where
Madison County, Big Pine
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
35.858, -82.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Road flooding, and two driveways washed out, along Spring Creek and its feeder tributaries in the western half of the county after nearly stationary thunderstorms affected the region.

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.

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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: 5254205.