1 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 21, 9:20 AM EST, 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1020 AM EDT MON MAY 21 2001 RUC SHOWS UPPER VORT LOBE LEAVING AREA AROUND NOON...AND SHOULD SEE NC FOOTHILL ACTIVITY FOLLOW IT. ANOTHER...STRONGER VORT LOBE APPROACHES AREA FROM W THIS AFTERNOON...CROSSING NC MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. BIG BREAK IN CLOUDS OVER NC MOUNTAINS...WHERE HEATING SHOULD CAUSE CLOUDS TO FILL IN. WILL TRIM POPS TO 50 IN SC/GA...AS WELL AS S TIER NC. WILL LEAVE LIKELY NC MOUNTAINS...AND I-40 CORRIDOR TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT ACTIVITY MOVING INTO THAT AREA. CAPE TO ALMOST 2000 TODAY WHEN MODIFYING FFC SOUNDING...AND SOME SHEAR EXISTS...SO SEVERE STILL A CONCERN. TEMPERATURES IN GOOD SHAPE USING 1000-850 THICKNESS SCHEME AND MAKING MAXIMUM ADJUSTMENT FOR LOW CLOUDS. VISIBILITY IMPROVING...AND WILL ALLOW FOG WORDING TO EXPIRE. FCSTID = 7 GSP 80 68 78 53 / 50 70 90 10 AND 81 69 78 54 / 50 70 9A0 10 CLT 79 67 76 55 / 50 70 90 30 HKY 78 67 77 50 / 60 70 90 10 AVL 76 64 71 47 / 60 80 90 20 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
At least 11 trees were blown down county-wide by a morning severe thunderstorm.
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
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