2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 28, 6:30 AM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION... UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 730 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2001 COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PIEDMONT IS SU:FFICIENT TO RAISE POPS IN NW PIEDMONT ZONE. WILL ALSO GO WITH CATEGORICAL POPS FOR AT LEAST THE SE PART OF THE CWA. .RAH...NONE. HARTFIELD
NCZ042-077-078-086-088-089-281600- CUMBERLAND-HARNETT-HOKE-JOHNSTON-SAMPSON-WAYNE- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 940 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE EASTERN SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN THIS MORNING... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN BETWEEN 930 AND 1130 AM. THE STORMS WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS SUCH AS BENSON...CLINTON...DUNN...ERWIN...FAYETTEVILLE... GOLDSBORO...HOPE MILLS...LILLINGTON...MOUNT OLIVE...NEWTON GROVE AND RAEFORD. HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH MANY OF THESE STORMS. ALL OF THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MIDDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED LATE^R THIS AFTERNOON. BLAES
NCZ042-077-078-086-088-089-281600- CUMBERLAND-HARNETT-HOKE-JOHNSTON-SAMPSON-WAYNE- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO ADD WIND GUSTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 945 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE EASTERN SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN THIS MORNING... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN BETWEEN 930 AND 1130 AM. THE STORMS WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS SUCH AS BENSON...CLINTON...DUNN...ERWIN...FAYETTEVILLE... GOLDSBORO...HOPE MILLS...LILLINGTON...MOUNT OLIVE...NEWTON GROVE AND RAEFORD. HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH MANY OF THESE STORMS. ALL OF THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MIDDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. BLAES
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:05 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down along U.S. 301, and at All American Freeway and Santa Fe Drive.
Trees were blown down and a mobile home sustained roof damage.
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: 5243150, 5243152, 5243151.