Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 7, 2007, 9:53 PM EST for Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2007, 9:53 PM EST (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2007, 10:18 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Elbert County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 8:44 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 080253 SVRGSP GAC105-080400- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0010.070108T0253Z-070108T0400Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 953 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 1100 PM EST * AT 953 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF FORTSONIA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF ELBERTON...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FORSTONIA BY 1005 PM EST... LAKE RUSSELL AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUCKERSVILLE BY 1015 PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OTHER STURDY STRUCTURE IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF IT CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...A TORNADO WARNING MAY BE ISSUED. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER... 1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2. LAT...LON 3403 8301 3388 8289 3401 8259 3422 8277 $$ HG
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KGSP 080304 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1004 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 GAC105-080400- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070108T0400Z/ ELBERT GA- 1004 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY... AT 1002 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORTSONIA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH RICHARD B RUSSELL LAKE BY 1010 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OTHER STURDY STRUCTURE IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE WIND SPEEDS STRONG ENOUGH TO CAPSIZE EVEN LARGE BOATS. BOATERS ON RICHARD B RUSSELL LAKE SHOULD MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY LAT...LON 3406 8297 3397 8281 3401 8259 3422 8277 $$ MOORE
000 WWUS52 KGSP 080318 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1017 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 GAC105-080327- /O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070108T0400Z/ ELBERT GA- 1017 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ELBERT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 1017 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED EAST INTO SOUTH CAROLINA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ELBERT COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3406 8297 3397 8281 3401 8259 3422 8277 $$ HG
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 7, 8:57 PM EST, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 8:57 PM EST, 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
857 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007
.SHORT TERM /REST OF TONIGHT/...
A PHASED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS MOVING ACROSS THE CENTER OF HTE
NATIONS TONIGHT. WEAK RAIN INDUCED COLD AIR DAMMING IS IN PLACE
OVER THE FOOTHILLS...WHILE THE WARM FRONT MOVING S MOVING
NORTHACORSS THE PIEDMONT COUNTIES. UPSTREAM...THE COLD FRONT IS
NOW IN EAST TENNESSEE AND NORTH GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED UNTIL 3 AM EST FOR THE PIEDMONT COUNTIES OF GA...SC...AND
THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA...AND EXTENDS INTO THE SC FOOTHILLS
AROUND THE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG METRO AREA. DAMAGING WIND AND
TORNADOES ARE THE THREAT TONIGHT....AS STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS
AND MARKED VEERING WITH HEIGHT ARE YIELDING ELEVATED HELICITIES.
THE FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AS HEAVY RAIN HAS PRECEDED
THE FRONT IN UPGLIDE...AND NOW CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS WILL ADD THEIR
DELUGE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE ADJUSTED USING THE LATEST HPC
GUIDANCE...WHICH STILL PLACES OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN IN OUR WESTERN COUNTIES.
WINDS WILL GET GUSTY TOWRAD MORNING...BUT WILL BE BELOW LAKE WIND
ADVISORY CRITERIA. BEHIND THE FRONT...COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL
CHANGE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW ABOVE 4000 FEET ALONG THE
TENNESSEE BORDER...BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT.
TEMPERATURES WERE RUNNING A BIT COOL IN THE NC MOUNTAINS AND THE
INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR AT 00Z...AND ADJUSTEMENTS WILL BE MADE TO
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES THERE.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 246 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007/
SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
ISENTROPICALLY FORCED PRECIP AHEAD OF THE SURFACE WARM FRONT STILL
ONGOING OVER THE CWFA. SURFACE OBS SHOW THE WARM FRONT IS ON THE
MOVE NORTH. QUESTION STILL REMAINS IF THE FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH
THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. HAVE GONE WITH THE SCENARIO THAT IT
WILL MOVE THROUGH AT LEAST THE SRN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA. STILL
EXPECT THERE TO BE SOME BREAKS IN THE PRECIP AS THE ISENTROPIC LIFT
MOVES NORTH...EVEN IF THE COOL POOL BLOCKS THE NORTHWARD FRONTAL
MOVEMENT. THAT SAID...POPS REMAIN IN THE CATEGORICAL RANGE THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. USED 09Z SREF TO TIME THE COLD FRONTAL MOVEMENT...AND
RESULTING DIMINISHING POPS AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING.
09Z SREF BRINGS MEAN CAPE AROUND 100 J/KG INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT.
THIS COULD BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY GIVEN THE STRONG FORCING...50 KT
LOW LEVEL JET AND HIGH HELICITY TO PRODUCE SEVERE STORMS. ISOLATED
BRIEF COOL SEASON TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL SINCE THE WARM
FRONT WILL BE HANGING AROUND. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL MOVE IN
BEHIND THE FRONT...AND THE RAIN COULD MIX WITH SNOW ABOVE 4000 FT
BEFORE ENDING. NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
TEMPS TONIGHT SHOULD BE NON DIURNAL AND MILD. EXCEPT ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS...WHERE COLD AIR COMES CRASHING
IN TOWARD MORNING.
THE COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE STEADILY EAST THROUGH
MONDAY...REACHING THE COAST BY EARLY AFTERNOON. CLOUDS AND WESTERN
UPSLOPE PRECIPITATION SHOULD QUICKLY DISSIPATE BY NOON. H85 CAA
WILL BUILD OVER THE CWA THROUGH MONDAY...COOLING TEMPERATURES BY
2-4 C DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS. I WILL USE A BLEND OF THE MAV AND
MET...BUT I WILL FAVOR THE COOLER MOS GUIDANCE.
NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW...BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SHOW MOISTURE FROM AN CLIPPER
REACHING THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE NC MTNS. H5 TROF AND INCREASING
NW FLOW SHOULD RESULT IN NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ALONG THE WESTERN
HALF OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAIN COUNTIES...WITH A SOLID CHC ALONG THE SPINE OF
THE APPALACHIANS AND FAVORED INTERIOR MTNS. THE SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD
BEGIN AROUND SUNRISE ON TUESDAY AND ENDING DURING THE EVENING.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW OPTIMAL ICE CRYSTALS TEMPERATURES
DISCONNECTED FROM THE MOISTURE REGION BY SEVERAL KFT. DUE TO THE
ABSENCE OF THE DENDRITIC GROWTH AREA AND THE SHORT DURATION OF THE
EVENT...I WILL FORECAST SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE NORTHERN
MTNS...WITH AROUND AN INCH ALONG THE TN LINE. MOST OF THE
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR FROM 14-21Z ON TUES.
DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE SE TUE NIGHT AND WED. LIGHT
WINDS...MOSTLY CLEAR SKY...TN BORDER SNOW PACK...AND FRESH COOL AIR MASS WILL
LEAD TO COOLEST NIGHT WITHIN THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST. USING MAV/MET
GUIDANCE...WED MIN TEMPS SHOULD RANGE FROM THE LOWER TEENS ON THE
MTNS TOPS TO THE MID TO UPPER 20S EAST OF THE MTNS. HIGH TEMPS ON
WED SHOULD REACH SEASONABLE VALUES.
LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AN IMPRESSIVE H5 RIDGE WILL BUILDS
OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AS A SHARP TROF REMAINS OVER THE SW
CONUS. AS A RESULT...THE SFC PATTERN WILL BE SLOW TO CHANGE FROM DAY
TO DAY. HPC AND GFS GUIDANCE SHOWS THE CENTER OF THE SFC HIGH TO THE
NE OVER THE ATLANTIC...TO THE WEST...A SLOW MOVING COLD OR
STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. THIS PATTERN SHOULD
RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF RETURN FLOW OVER THE LOWER
APPALACHIAN REGION. THE EXTENDED PERIOD SHOULD SEE TEMPERATURES 10
TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY. I WILL FOLLOW HPC
TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...THURS AND FRI I WILL
MODIFY TEMPS IN THE DIRECTION OF THE GFS ENSEMBLE AVG. OVERALL...THE
FORECAST AREA SHOULD SEE POPS AROUND 10-20 PERCENT...I WILL PAINT A
CHC FOR SHRA OVER THE MTNS SAT AND SUN.
AVIATION...
IFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH INTO THE EVENING. VSBYS COULD
SHOW A BRIEF IMPROVEMENT TO MVFR BETWEEN THE TIME THE WARM FRONT
MOVES NORTH AND THE COLD FRONT MOVES IN...BUT CIGS WILL LIKELY
REMAIN IFR. IFR EXPECTED UNTIL COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH OVERNIGHT.
WILL BE A PERIOD OF MVFR UNTIL WINDS SHIFT AND INCREASE IN SPEED
AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PULLS OUT. OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS EXPECT
VFR MONDAY. MVFR CIGS WILL LINGER AT KAVL WITH LINGERING LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE AND UP VALLEY FLOW. HAVE INCLUDED VCTS IN THE EVENING
EVERYWHERE XCPT KAVL. LOOKS LIKE INSTABILITY AND FORCING WILL BE
HIGH ENOUGH FOR SOME THUNDER TO OCCUR. GUSTY WEST WINDS EXPECTED
MONDAY MORNING.
HYDROLOGY...
HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL REMAINS THIS EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH. BEST CHANCE FOR ANY FLOODING WILL BE WHERE CONVECTION CAN
DROP A LOT OF PRECIP QUICKLY ONTO THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR GAZ010-017 UNTIL NOON MONDAY.
NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ033>035-048>055-058-059-062>067-501>510
UNTIL NOON MONDAY.
SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR SCZ001>003 UNTIL NOON MONDAY.
&&
SHORT TERM...JATHazardous weather outlook, Jan 7, 11:13 AM EST, 10 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1113 AM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-081000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1113 AM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...INCLUDING MOST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. PLEASE SEE CAEFFAGSP FOR DETAILS. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED TORNADOES... ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CAESPSGSP...FOR DETAILS. SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 5:15 PM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 515 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 NCZ051-058-080000- GRAHAM-SWAIN- 515 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT GRAHAM AND SWAIN COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EST... AT 515 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MARYVILLE TO 15 MILES WEST OF TAPOCO TO 30 MILES WEST OF MURPHY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... TAPOCO BY 535 PM EST. FONTANA VILLAGE BY 545 PM EST. SANTEETLAH LAKE BY 550 PM EST. FONTANA LAKE BY 555 PM EST. ROBBINSVILLE BY 600 PM EST. STECOAH BY 605 PM EST. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINFALL. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ANY FLOODED ROADWAYS. USE CAUTION NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS AS WELL. HG
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 6:30 PM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 630 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 GAZ010-017-080200- HABERSHAM-RABUN- 630 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 ...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO AFFECT THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS THROUGH 10 PM... AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL RATES OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH PER HOUR...AND THESE RATES ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM CLARKESVILLE NORTHWARD TO CLAYTON AND DILLARD. DEEP PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL DEVELOP...AND MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY APPROACH BANKFULL. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD ALSO DEVELOP IN THE NORMALLY POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IF THESE RAINFALL RATES CONTINUE AS EXPECTED...FLOOD ADVISORIES OR FLOOD WARNINGS COULD BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE FLOODING DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. HG
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 8:19 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 819 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 GAZ026-028-029-080315- ELBERT-FRANKLIN-HART- 825 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ELBERT...FRANKLIN AND HART COUNTIES THIS EVENING... A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA PIEDMONT BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AT THE RATE OF 1/2 INCH PER HOUR OR BETTER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COMPRISE THE NORTHERN END OF A LINE THAT MOVED ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA EARLIER THIS EVENING. THIS LINE HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THOSE IN THE CARNESVILLE TO ELBERTON AREA WILL NEED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET...IN CASE ANY WATCHES OR WARNING ARE ISSUED. HG
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 8:51 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 851 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 SCZ006-007-010>012-019-080400- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENWOOD-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG- 851 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 ...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO AFFECT MUCH OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING... A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR FROM ANDERSON TO SPARTANBURG THROUGH 10 PM...WITH LOCAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS. WINDS MAY ALSO GUST TO 40 MPH WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE LINE. THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY STRETCH FROM ABBEVILLE TO LAURENS BY 11 PM...WITH SOME STRENGTHENING LIKELY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A TORNADO TO DEVELOP QUICKLY IN ANY AREA ALONG THIS LINE. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IN CASE WARNINGS ARE NEEDED. HG
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 9:30 PM EST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 930 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 GAZ029-SCZ011-080330- ABBEVILLE-ELBERT- 930 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ABBEVILLE AND ELBERT COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM EST... AT 930 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COMER TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... BOWMAN BY 935 PM EST. ELBERTON BY 950 PM EST. RUCKERSVILLE BY 955 PM EST. FORTSONIA BY 1000 PM EST. LAKE RUSSELL BY 1005 PM EST. LOWNDESVILLE BY 1010 PM EST. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ABBEVILLE AND ELBERT COUNTIES ALSO REMAIN IN A TORNADO WATCH THIS EVENING...AND A TORNADO COULD SPIN UP VERY QUICKLY ALONG THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES IN CASE A WARNING BECOMES NECESSARY. HG
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.