North Carolina, 2001Flash 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.
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- 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.
MCAVOY
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.
- 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.
- Heat in Nevada, June 29, 20011 death · 1 event
- Wildfire in California, June 29, 20011 death · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 29, 2001$164,000 · F0 · 27 events
- Wildfire in Alaska, June 29 to 30, 2001$400,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 29 to 30, 2001$122,000 · 2.75 in hail · 24 events
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 29, 2001$150,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Texas, June 29, 2001$30,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events
- Hail in Wyoming, June 29, 2001$30,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 2001$23,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 2001$21,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 2001$21,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 2001$20,000 · 1 event
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.