1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 Jun 22, 1:37 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 237 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 COLD FRONT WILL DRIFT EASTWARD THROUGH LATE SATURDAY...PROVIDING FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NUMBER OF VORTS TO AFFECT THE CWFA...WITH ONE OF THE STRONGEST COMING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT IN TANDEM WITH A LARGE AREA OF UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AS THE 25H JET MOVES INTO OUR AREA LATER. NOT TO GO ON...BUT BLANKET EVERYONE WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...DOWN TO CHANCE FOR SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY EVENING...MODELS SUGGEST FRONT WILL SHIFT EASTWARD TO THE CHARLOTTE AREA...SO WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS IN ALL ZONES EARLY IN THE FOOTHILLS...THROUGH MIDNIGHT IN PIEDMONT...DRY MOUNTAINS. FOR SUNDAY...LOW LEVEL FLOW SUGGESTS POTENTIAL WEDGE...UPPER LOW CLOSING OFF AS RIDGE AXIS JUST MAKES IT INTO SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...CHANCE OF SHOWERS EVERYWHERE SUNDAY. HAVE NOT HAD A LOT OF TIME TO LINGER ON EXTENDED...BUT WITH UPPER LOW WANDERING AROUND SOMEWHERE CLOSE BY...BEST COURSE OF ACTION MAY BE JUST TO KEEP CHANCE OF SHOWERS AS CURRENTLY ADVERTISED IN OUR EXTENDED...ADDING CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH FRIDAY PER NUMERICAL NCEP GUIDANCE. THANKS TO RNK FOR COORDINATION ON THIS FORECAST PACKAGE. FCSTID = 44 GSP 68 81 62 81 / 100 40 30 30 AND 69 82 63 82 / 100 40 30 30 CLT 70 81 64 81 / 100 50 30 30 HKY 66 81 61 80 / 100 40 30 30 AVL 61 7,7 55 76 / 100 30 10 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. BURRUS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED LOCATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
156 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
114 PM 3 SE CHEROKEE NC WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01 JACKSON TREES DOWN ON CHEROKEE
RESERVATION, ONE ON A TRAILER.
TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
225 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
215 PM SKYLAND NC FLASH FLOOD
06/22/01 BUNCOMBE SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
FLASH FLOODING OF AVERY
CREEK NEAR ROUTE 191.
HGGAZ010-017-018-026-222100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 359 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 467... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA... FRANKLIN...STEPHENS...HABERSHAM AND RABUN. 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. BURRUS
GAZ010-017-018-026-222100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED WATCH NUMBER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 359 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 464... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA... FRANKLIN...STEPHENS...HABERSHAM AND RABUN. 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. BURRUS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
419 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
410 PM BETHLEHEM NC WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01 CLEVELAND TREES DOWN IN BETHLEHEM
COMMUNITY AND IN KINGS
MOUNTAIN AREA.
411 PM 10 SE SHELBY NC .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/01 CLEVELAND DIME SIZE HAIL ON I-85 AT
THE 5 MILE MARKER.
411 PM 7 W GASTONIA NC WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01 GASTON 12 X 12 ALUMINUM BUILDING
BLOWN DOWN IN BESSIMER
CITY AREA NEAR HIGHWAY
216.
TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
459 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
430 PM 10 SE SHELBY NC WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01 CLEVELAND SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
TREES DOWN AT EXIT 5
ALONG INTERSTATE 85.
HGThe Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused a couple of house fires, which heavily damaged the houses.
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, June 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: 5255112.