Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 19, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 19, 2001
Start: 2001-05-19T19:29
End: 2001-05-19T19:29
Location: North Carolina

May 19, 2001 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, 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 May 19, 1:08 PM EST, 6 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 1:08 PM EST, 6 hours 21 minutes before

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 2:46 PM EST, 4 hours 43 minutes before

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

Local storm report, May 19, 4:19 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
519 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001

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

355 PM     SKYLAND                   NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/19/01   BUNCOMBE                       TREES WERE REPORTED BLOWN
                                          DOWN AT BOTH SKYLAND AND
                                          FAIRVIEW.  REPORT RELAYED
                                          BY EOC

410 PM     ENKA                      NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/19/01   BUNCOMBE                       EOC RELAYED REPORT OF
                                          TREES AND A CABLE TV LINE
                                          BLOWN DOWN

JONES

Local storm report, May 19, 5:12 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
612 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LO3CATION....

605 PM     15 W TAYLORSVILLE         NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/19/01   ALEXANDER                      SPOTTER REPORTS TWO TREES
                                          DOWN.

JAT

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:27 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Union

When: May 19, 7:29 PM EST
Where: Union County, 1 mi W of Stallings
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.070, -80.717

Emergency management reported trees down.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, May 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: 5244855.