Drought in North Carolina, November 1 to 30, 2001

Name: Drought in North Carolina, November 1 to 30, 2001
Start: 2001-11-01T00:00
End: 2001-11-30T23:59
Location: North Carolina

November 1 to 30, 2001 · NWS GSP · 29 events in 29 counties and zones

29 drought, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 24 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 29

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 Oct 31, 9:21 PM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 9:21 PM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
921 PM EST WED OCT 31 2001

SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS EVENING SHOWS CIRRUS FLOWING TOWARD THE FAR
WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF OUR CWFA...WITH A NARROW AND DISSIPATING BAND
OF STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS STREAMING OUT OF THE MIDLANDS TOWARD THE
PIEDMONT. 18Z MESO-ETA STILL ADVERTISING STRONG ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE
SETTING UP TOWARD MORNING FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF
NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF GEORGIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA. THE 00Z PROG OF THE MESO-ETA DOES VERIFY WELL WITH
LOCATION OF THE NARROW BAND OF CLOUDINESS...BUT SEEMS A BIT
OVER-AGGRESSIVE AT THIS POINT. WILL BACK OFF ON CLOUDS...PARTLY
CLOUDY ALL ZONES.

CLEAR SKIES...FOR NOW ANYWAY...AND LIGHT WINDS HAVE ALLOWED
TEMPERATURES TO TUMBLE RAPIDLY IN THE WEST THIS EVENING. NEWLAND AND
NORTHERN MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS ARE ALREADY AT OR BELOW THEIR FORECAST
MINS. ENCROACHING CIRRUS WILL LIMIT ADDITIONAL RADIATIONAL COOLING
THERE...AND WITH SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL TRAJECTORY...WE SHOULD SEE
DEWPOINTS CLIMB AS PREVIOUS SHIFT EXPECTED...SO THERE WILL BE A
LIMIT TO HOW LOW THE MERCURY WILL GO...BUT WILL HAVE TO LOWER
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WILL SETTLE ON 30 TO 35 FOR
THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...35 TO 40 FOR REST OF NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS...AND NEAR 40 IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAINS.
TEMPERATURES ON TRACK OTHER ZONES AND ANY CHANGES WILL BE
INVISIBLE...MAINLY TO TWEAK VALUES IN THE REVISED DIGITAL FORECAST.

FCSTID = 44
GSP   45  73  49  75 /   0   0   0  10
AND   45  73  49  75 /   0   0   0  10
CLT   45  73  48  75 /   0   0   0  10
HKY   41  71  47  73 /   0   0   0  10
AVL   38  70  46  71 /   0   0   0  10

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

BURRUS

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

29 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Alexander

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Alexander forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.921, -81.177 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought was again the major concern during November. An extended short-term dry spell exacerbated the 3.5 year drought, beginning in mid October and persisted through late November. During that stretch of weeks, many areas received no measurable rainfall.Toward the end of the month, wildfires became common, burning many acres, especially in the higher terrain. Extremely low lake levels affected boating and water supplies. The North Carolina piedmont had received about half the normal rainfall for the calendar year by the end of November.Many additional wells and ponds dried up, tree farms closed and many communities began or expanded water restrictions. Streams were observed with record low flow levels.

Drought, Avery

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Avery forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Buncombe

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Buncombe forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.611, -82.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Burke

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Burke forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Drought, Cabarrus

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Cabarrus forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.387, -80.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Caldwell

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Caldwell forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Drought, Catawba

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Catawba forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.663, -81.214 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Cleveland

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Cleveland forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.334, -81.556 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Davie

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Davie forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.929, -80.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Gaston

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Gaston forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.294, -81.180 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Graham

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Graham forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.350, -83.834 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Haywood

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Haywood forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.556, -82.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Henderson

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Henderson forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.336, -82.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Iredell

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Iredell forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.807, -80.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Lincoln

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Lincoln forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.486, -81.224 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Macon

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Macon forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.150, -83.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Madison

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.858, -82.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, McDowell

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: McDowell forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Drought, Mecklenburg

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Mecklenburg forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.247, -80.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Mitchell

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Mitchell forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 36.013, -82.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Northern Jackson

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Northern Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Polk

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Polk forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Drought, Rowan

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Rowan forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.640, -80.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Rutherford

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Rutherford forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Drought, Southern Jackson

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Southern Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Swain

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Swain forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.487, -83.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Transylvania

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Transylvania forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.202, -82.798 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Union

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Union forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 34.988, -80.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Yancey

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Yancey forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.899, -82.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, November 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: 5272585, 5272842, 5272843, 5272844, 5272845, 5272846, 5272847, 5272848, 5272849, 5272850, 5272851, 5272852, 5272853, 5272854, 5272855, 5272856, 5272857, 5272858, 5272859, 5272860, 5272861, 5272862, 5272863, 5272864, 5272865, 5272866, 5272867, 5272868, 5272869.