1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 Sep 3, 10:40 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1140 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2001 WL UPDATE UPSTATE ZONES AND SC MTNS TO RAISE POPS BACK TO 100 PERCENT AND REINTRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. WL ALSO UP POPS SRN NC PIEDMONT. ETA ADVERTISED UPGLIDE AT 305K SFC IS FINALLY RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD SHRA ACROSS THE REGION. SINCE THE LLVL WAA IS PROGGED TO ONLY GET STRONGER (RELATIVELY) OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 6 HORS...FEEL THE UPGRADE IN WORDING IS WARRANTED. FCSTID = 14 GSP 68 79 68 85 / 100 80 30 30 AND 68 79 68 85 / 100 80 30 30 CLT 68 78 67 84 / 80 60 20 30 HKY 63 75 62 80 / 70 80 20 30 AVL 65 75 62 80 / 70 80 30 30 .GSP... GA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH NOON TUE FOR ZONES GAZ010...GAZ017>018...GAZ026...GAZ028>029. FLOOD WATCH THROUGH NOON TUE FOR ZONES GAZ010...GAZ017>018...GAZ026...GAZ028>029. NC...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH NOON TUE FOR ZONES NCZ033>034...NCZ048>055...NCZ058>059...NCZ062>067. FLOOD WATCH THROUGH NOON TUE FOR ZONES NCZ033>034...NCZ048>055...NCZ058>059...NCZ062>067. SC...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH NOON TUE FOR ZONES SCZ001>007...SCZ010>012...SCZ019. FLOOD WATCH THROUGH NOON TUE FOR ZONES SCZ001>007...SCZ010>012...SCZ019.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
At least one person required rescue at the intersection of Highway 291 and Interstate 85, following persistent heavy rain. Many roads flooded in southern Greenville County following a storm total rainfall of 4 to 7 inches.
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, September 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: 5267548.