South Carolina, 2001

Funnel Clouds in South Carolina, June 23, 2001

June 23, 2001 · NWS GSP · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 Jun 23, 12:42 PM EST, 5 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 12:42 PM EST, 5 hours 48 minutes before
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The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:27 UTC.

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Event by event

2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, Cherokee

When
June 23, 6:30 PM EST to 7:15 PM EST
Where
Cherokee forecast zone
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
35.048, -81.620 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There were many reports of "cold air" funnel clouds, apparently legitimate. The funnels formed under rain showers which were about 18,000 feet tall. At least one was clearly photographed around sunset.

Funnel Cloud, Spartanburg

When
June 23, 6:30 PM EST to 7:15 PM EST
Where
Spartanburg forecast zone
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

What these are

Funnel Cloud
A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in South Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5254961, 5254962.