Lightning, York
- When
- July 4, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- York County, Rock Hill
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.975, -81.184 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning resulted in numerous power outages.
Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 4, 2001
1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Jul 4, 2:30 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:30 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 330 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2001 CONVECTION MAINLY SCATTERED OVER CWFA FOR NOW. SHORT WAVE MOVING THRU UPPER TROF HELPING TO SET UP SQUALL LINE TO OUR NORTHWEST. THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO THE MTNS BY EVENING. SVR TSRA POSSIBLE WITH THE LINE. OTHER STRONG CONVECTION FORMING ALONG LEE TROF OVER FOOTHILLS. ISOLATED SVR TSRA POSSIBLE HERE AS WELL. WILL USE AT LEAST LIKELY POPS ALL AREAS THIS EVENING AS CONVECTION WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS. ATMOS DRIES OUT A LITTLE WITH WLY FLOW THU. HOWEVER ANOTHER SHORT WAVE/THERMAL TROF AND SFC FNT MOVE THRU. SCT AFT CONVECTION POSSIBLE...BUT MUCH LESS COVERAGE THAN TODAY. 30 POP SHOULD SUFFICE. HIGHS VARY ONLY A LITTLE AS LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES REMAIN NEARLY THE SAME. HOWEVER LOWS THU AND FRI NITES SHOULD BE LOWER GIVEN CLEAR SKIES AND LOWER DEW POINTS. GSP 70 89 65 90 / 50 30 0 0 AND 70 89 65 90 / 50 30 0 0 CLT 70 89 65 88 / 50 30 0 0 HKY 67 87 63 87 / 50 30 0 0 AVL 65 86 60 85 / 50 30 0 0 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RWH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 4, 5:19 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
619 PM EDT WED JUL 04 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
610 PM RUTHERFORDTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/04/01 RUTHERFORD COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN
IN/ RUTHERFORDTON AND ALSO
ONE IN LAKE LURE.
JONESLocal storm report, Jul 4, 5:35 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
635 PM EDT WED JUL 04 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
625 PM FOREST CITY NC WIND DAMAGE
07/04/01 RUTHERFORD NUMEROUS TREES AND LINES
DOWN. POWER POLES
SNAPPED IN HALF. CAR
POSSIBLY TRAPPED UNDER
LINES. URBAN FLOODING.
JONESLocal storm report, Jul 4, 5:51 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
651 PM EDT WED JUL 04 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
647 PM 6 N ASHEVILLE NC NON TSTM WINDS
07/04/01 BUNCOMBE EOC REPORTED TREES DOWN
IN WEAVERVILLE.
JATLocal storm report, Jul 4, 6:06 PM EST, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
706 PM EDT WED JUL 04 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
630 PM KEOWEE KEY SC WIND DAMAGE
07/04/01 OCONEE DAMAGING WINDS OCCURRED
IN EASTERN HALF OF COUNTY
FROM ABOUT 615 PM TO 645
PM. NUMEROUS TREES AND
LINES DOWN.
JONESSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 6:35 PM EST, 25 minutes before
NCZ033>035-048>055-058-059-062>065-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 735 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 508... IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... ALEXANDER. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... JACKSON...MACON...CALDWELL...SWAIN...MADISON...HAYWOOD...MITCHELL... MCDOWELL...AVERY...GRAHAM...YANCEY...TRANSYLVANIA...BUNCOMBE... HENDERSON AND BURKE. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED OUT OF THESE COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. DELGXADO
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat and Drought in Oklahoma, July 4 to 31, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, July 4, 2001
- High Surf in Puerto Rico, July 4, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Utah, July 4, 2001
- Heat in Illinois, July 4, 2001
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 4, 2001
- Tornado in Kentucky, July 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 4, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 4, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, July 4, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, July 4, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 4, 2001
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, July 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: 5261290.