Thunderstorm Wind, Pickens
- When
- June 8, 7:09 PM EST
- Where
- Pickens County, 2 mi W of Easley
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.833, -82.633
Trees and power lines down near Easley.
Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 8, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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 Jun 8, 2:04 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:04 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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The Greer radar (KGSP), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:10 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Louisiana, June 8 to 13, 2001
- Flash Flood in Florida, June 8, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 8, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, June 8, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Wyoming, June 8, 2001
- Hail in Oregon, June 8, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 8, 2001
- Flooding in Illinois, June 8 to 17, 2001
- Hail in Montana, June 8, 2001
- Hail in Wyoming, June 8, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 8, 2001
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: 5254663.