1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 1, 10:31 AM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1131 AM EDT SUN APR 1 2001 WILL SHOOT FOR ANOTHER ZFP UPDATE AROUND NOON TO CLEAN UP MTN WORDING AS LINGERING SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TAPER TO FLRYS AND SPRINKLES THIS AFTERNOON. STILL EXPECT STRONG GRADIENT WIND TO DEVELOP IN SUBSIDENCE AREA & CURRENT WIND/LAKE WIND ADVISORIES ARE ON TRACK. PROBABLY WILL GO AHEAD & DROP POPS FROM FOOTHILL ZONES & LIKELY WILL MAY SOME MINOR TEMP/WIND TWEAKS AS WELL. FCSTID = 55 GSP 62 34 65 47 / 10 0 10 10 AND 63 34 65 47 / 10 0 10 10 CLT 62 34 65 47 / 100 0 10 10 HKY 53 34 61 43 / 40 10 0 10 AVL 47 32m 60 40 / 20 10 10 10 .GSP... GA...WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES. NC...WIND ADVISORY FOR MOUNTAINS...WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES ELSEWHERE. SC...WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1018 AM EDT SUN APR 01 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1013 AM GREER SC .75 INCH HAIL
04/01/01 GREENVILLE SPOTTER REPORTED PEA TO
DIME HAIL...MOSTLY PEA
7BUT A GOOD BIT OF DIME
JONESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1058 AM EDT SUN APR 01 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1049 AM GAFFNEY SC .75 INCH HAIL
04/01/01 CHEROKEE ALSO MEASURED 53 MPH WIND
GUST. REPORTED BY SKYWARN
2 SPOTTER.
CSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1102 AM EDT SUN APR 01 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 AM GAFFNEY SC .75 INCH HAIL
04/01/01 CHEROKEE HAIL COVERING GROUND.
REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
CSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1112 AM EDT SUN APR 01 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1105 AM UNION SC WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01 UNION TREES DOWN. FROM COUNTY
EPD.
1105 AM BUFFALO SC WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01 UNION TREES DOWN. FROM COUNTY
EPD.
RWHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1124 AM EDT SUN APR 01 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1120 AM 3 E DOWNTOWN GASTONIA NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/01/01 GASTON AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER
REPORTED
JONESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1127 AM EDT SUN APR 01 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1115 AM 2 SW DOWNTOWN GASTONIA NC WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01 GASTON AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER
REPORTED TREES
DOWN...TRANSjFORMERS
BLOWN...AND LINE FIRES
JONESThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large sign was blown down at Cherry Park. A new roof under construction at a church was blown off. Trees were downed, with at least one falling on a vehicle.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, April 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5241331.