Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 22, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 22, 2001
Start: 2001-05-22T13:35
End: 2001-05-22T13:45
Location: South Carolina

May 22, 2001 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 May 22, 10:15 AM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 10:15 AM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1115 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001

ISSUING UPDATE TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES
EXCEPT SWAIN AND GRAHAM.

FCSTID = 7
GSP   81  52  78  52 /  80  30   0   0
AND   82  53  79  53 /  80  20   0   0
CLT   83  54  77  52 /  80  30   0   0
HKY   80  50  72  50 /  80  20  10   0
AVL   76  49  67  47 /  90  20  10   0

.GSP...
GA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 500 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES
GAZ010...GAZ017>018...GAZ026...GAZ028>029.

NC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 500 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES
NCZ033>037...NCZ048>050...NCZ052>057...NCZ059...NCZ062>072...NCZ082.

SC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 500 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES
SCZ001>014...SCZ019.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 22, 9:35 AM EST, 4 hours before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-222000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1035 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST LATE THIS MORNING
SHOULD CROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS
FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH THE WARM AND HUMID AIR ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TO GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD
OF THE FRONT THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL STEADILY BECOME
MORE NUMEROUS AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AFFECTING THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THE FOOTHILLS DURING THE
AFTERNOON...AND THE PIEDMONT THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON.

ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL PRODUCE BRIEF TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ISOLATED LARGE
HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL...AND A BRIEF TORNADO IS NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ANYWHERE IN THE OUTLOOK
AREA...PIEDMONT SECTIONS WILL ACHIEVE THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES
BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT...ALLOWING STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP IN THAT AREA LATE TODAY.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON.
A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH IS ANTICIPATED FOR ALL OR PART OF THE AREA BY
EARLY AFTERNOON. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERG9ENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR
ANY SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS.

MOORE

Local storm report, May 22, 1:27 PM EST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
227 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

220 PM     HENDERSONVILLE            NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01   COUNTY                         TREES DOWN ON SHEPHERD
                                          STREET IN HENDERSONVILLE.
                                          REPORT FROM SHERIFFS
                                          DEPARTMENT.

LGL

Local storm report, May 22, 1:27 PM EST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
227 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

220 PM     HENDERSONVILLE            NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01   HENDERSON                      TREES DOWN ON SHEPHERD
                                          STREET IN HENDERSONVILLE.
                                          REPORT FROM SHERIFFS
                                          DEPARTMENT.

LGL

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:35 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Greenville

When: May 22, 1:35 PM EST to 1:45 PM EST
Where: Greenville County, 2 mi S of Mauldin
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 34.750, -82.300

Broadcast media and a NWS survey team indicated numerous trees and power lines down Most damage near the Greenbrier subdivision, where a garage was destroyed by wind, and a large tree uprooted. Other minor damage spread to the east, including large limbs spread along area roads, a couple of other trees down and siding torn off homes.

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

Every storm in South Carolina in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in South Carolina, May 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: 5244979.