2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 19, 1:08 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 208 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001 AREA OF CONVECTION MOVING THROUGH NERN GA ALONG MOISTURE AXIS WHICH STRETCHES NEWD INTO UPSTATE. AIR MASS SOMEWHAT CAPPED WITH SHEAR FAIRLY WEAK. DO NOT EXPECT THESE STORMS TO HOLD TOGETHER VERY LONG INTO FA BUT CONSEQUENCE WILL BE LEFT OVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. THIS MIGHT BE FOCUS NEEDED TO BUILD TSTMS LATER. SHORT WAVE TROUGH INCHING TOWARD FA ACROSS TN AND SHOULD MAKE IMPACT KNOWN LATER THIS EVENING. BEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ARRIVES AFTER 00Z WHEN LOW LEVEL FLOW BACKS FROM ESSENTIALLY A DRY WSW FLOW TO MORE SW TO S FLOW. COOLER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES AND STEEPENING LAPSE RATES BY 03-06Z TIME FRAME SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO EITHER SUSTAIN LINE OF CONVECTION FROM AL/GA OR TO ASSIST ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP IN AREA. POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE INCREASES BUT BELIEVE THAT WITH LOSS OF HEATING... POTENTIAL REMAINS MARGINAL FOR MOST OF AREA. PRIME AREAS WILL BE NORTHERN ZONES WHERE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH BOUNDARY ACROSS VA MIGHT SLIP DOWN AND SOUTHERN ZONES WHERE GA ACTIVITY WILL CERTAINLY BE A FACTOR. DESPITE HIGH WBZ (11-11.5KFT)...HAIL IS ALREADY A THREAT AS CONVECTION OVER GA PRODUCING ICE. BEYOND TONIGHT...SLOW TROUGH PASSAGE LEAVES MOISTURE OVER AREA INTO MONDAY. CHANCE OF PRECIP WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FCST. WILL KEEP THUNDER IN SUNDAY WITH COOL MID LEVELS KEEPING THINGS SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH PUSHES THROUGH MONDAY. IN EXTENDED...HUGE CLOSED LOW PROGGED TO DEVELOP OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. FROPA ACROSS FA LATE TUESDAY SHOULD COOL THINGS DOWN CONSIDERABLY. UNKNOWN IS POTENTIAL FOR MOISTURE TO SLIDE IN TO AREA AROUND LOW AND BRING MORE PRECIP. POSITIONING OF UPPER SYSTEM IN CURRENT MODEL RUNS SUGGESTS LITTLE OR NO PRECIP HERE. WILL CONTINUE THIS TREND FOR NOW. DELGADO FCSTID = 11 GSP 66 82 64 84 / 50 60 40 50 AND 66 82 64 84 / 50 60 40 50 CLT 65 81 64 83 / 50 60 40 50 HKY 63 80 60 79 / 50 60 50 60 AVL 59 77 60 78 / 50 60 40 60 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-192000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1005 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM. CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE ...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND...AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THISa POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. JAT
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-200200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 346 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN TENNESSEE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND. PEOPLE IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THE WEATHER. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE 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. JoAT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Emergency Operations Center relayed reports of trees blown across roads at both Skyland and Fairview.
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, May 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5244757, 5244758.