Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2007, 9:54 PM EDT for Polk County, North Carolina. It was in force for 96 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
- Aug 23, 2007, 9:54 PM EDT (01:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2007, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 96 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Polk County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 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 nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 2728 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KGSP 240155
SVRGSP
NCC149-240330-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0385.070824T0154Z-070824T0330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
954 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 954 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
WEST OF RUTHERFORDTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF LAKE ADGER...AND
WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MILL SPRING BY 1025 PM EDT...
COLUMBUS BY 1110 PM EDT...
TRYON BY 1125 PM EDT...
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 3540 8220 3538 8211 3535 8209 3526 8199
3518 8203 3519 8204 3519 8230 3518 8232
3519 8235 3522 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 027DEG 6KT 3535 8209
$$
HG3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KGSP 240238
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1036 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007
NCC149-240330-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0385.000000T0000Z-070824T0330Z/
POLK NC-
1036 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR POLK COUNTY...
AT 1036 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
NEWLY DEVELOPED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MILL SPRING...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MILL SPRING BY 1045 PM EDT...
COLUMBUS BY 1100 PM EDT...
TRYON BY 1115 PM EDT...
IN ADDITION TO THIS NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORM...A GUST FRONT FROM
THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE
COUNTY. ISOLATED SEVERE GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THIS
GUST FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER THROUGH 11 PM.
LAT...LON 3540 8220 3538 8211 3535 8209 3526 8199
3518 8203 3519 8204 3519 8230 3518 8232
3519 8235 3522 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 015DEG 12KT 3533 8216
$$
HG000
WWUS52 KGSP 240258
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1057 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007
NCC149-240330-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0385.000000T0000Z-070824T0330Z/
POLK NC-
1057 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR POLK COUNTY...
AT 1057 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LAKE ADGER...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
COLUMBUS BY 1105 PM EDT...
TRYON BY 1120 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 3540 8220 3538 8211 3535 8209 3526 8199
3518 8203 3519 8204 3519 8230 3518 8232
3519 8235 3522 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 026DEG 11KT 3530 8224
$$
HG000
WWUS52 KGSP 240330
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1129 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007
NCC149-240339-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0385.000000T0000Z-070824T0330Z/
POLK NC-
1129 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR POLK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1130 PM
EDT...
AT 1129 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED SOUTHWEST OF POLK COUNTY AND WEAKENED
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 35
MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN MAY CONTINUE IN THE SALUDA AREA THROUGH 1145 PM.
LAT...LON 3540 8220 3538 8211 3535 8209 3526 8199
3518 8203 3519 8204 3519 8230 3518 8232
3519 8235 3522 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 026DEG 11KT 3521 8229
$$
HGWhat 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 Aug 23, 7:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 7:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
752 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE END
OF THE WEEK...BEFORE A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
LATE IN THE WEEKEND. THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE
REGION AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER RIDGE
BUILDS BACK OVER THE REGION ONCE AGAIN.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SHOWER AND TSTM ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND
SOME DEBRIS CLOUDS LINGER UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. WITH UPSLOPE FLOW
OVERNIGHT...THE NAM/GFS/SREF ALL HAVE SLIGHT CHC TO CHC POP IN
VARIOUS BULLS EYES ACROSS THE CWFA. DECIDED THAT THERE MAY BE A STRAY
SHOWER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA AND KEPT SLIGHT CHC WITH THE HIGHEST
OVER THE UPSLOPE AREAS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. THE NAM IS
SHOWING SOME STRATUS ADVANCING FROM THE NORTHEAST...WITH INCREASING
LOW LEVEL CLOUDINESS ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF NC (MAINLY
THE TRIAD TO KHKY). HENCE...HAVE BUMPED UP SKY COVER GRIDS AND MIN
TEMPS A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE MAV. IN ANY CASE MIN TEMPS SHOULD BE IN
THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S.
FRIDAY...LITTLE CHANGE IN AIR MASS...WITH CONTINUED SELY LOW LVL
FLOW...AND UPPER RIDGE HOLDING ON ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH. LOW LVL
THICKNESSES AND SKY COVER SUGGEST A MAINLY PERSISTENCE FCST. LOW LVL
MOISTURE SHOULD BE AMPLE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE CAPES TO 2000+ J/KG OVER
THE MTNS. SINCE THERE WILL BE LITTLE SHEAR OR UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT
FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION...ONLY ISO/SCT COVERAGE CONFINED TO MAINLY
THE MTN ZONES IS EXPECTED. THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED PULSE SEVERE
CONVECTION AS HAS BEEN THE CASE THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS...AND THAT
IS ALREADY IN THE HWO. MAX TEMPS SHOULD BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER
90S PIEDMONT (80S TO LOWER 90S MTN VALLEYS).
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
ANY REMAINING CONVECTION FRIDAY NIGHT SHOULD END WITH LOSS OF
HEATING...SO ONLY CARRYING ISOLATED POP FOR THE MTNS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
SHOULD BE ANOTHER WARM NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S OUTSIDE OF
THE MTNS AND 60S MTNS.
RIDGE WEAKENS A LITTLE SATURDAY AS SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE
WESTERLIES MOVE A TROF EASTWARD TO OUR NORTH. WILL NOT BE MUCH IN
THE WAY OF SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING...BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND
CONVERGENCE SHOULD INITIATE SCT CONVECTION OVER THE MTNS. THE NAM
MOVES THIS CONVECTION INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND I-85 CORRIDOR BEFORE
ENDING WITH LOSS OF HEATING. THE GFS KEEPS THE CONVECTION CONFINED
TO THE MTNS. WILL BRING SCT CONVECTION OFF THE MTNS FOR THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT NOT AS FAR EAST AS THE NAM. THICKNESSES
AND H85 TEMPS REMAIN QUITE HIGH SATURDAY EVEN WITH WEAKER RIDGING
OVER US. THEREFORE...HAVE GONE CLOSER TO THE WARMER MAV GIVING US
MID TO UPPER 90S OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS AND AROUND 90 MTN VALLEYS.
THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH DEW POINT VALUES IN THE REASONABLE
RANGE FROM UPPER 60 MOST OF THE AREA TO AROUND 70 UPPER SAVANNAH
RIVER VALLEY...PRODUCES HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER 100 BUT LESS THAN 105
FOR MUCH OF THE CWFA FOR A LONG STRETCH IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL
NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY. LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT REMAINING ABOVE
NORMAL IN THE LOWER 70S OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS AND 60S MTNS.
UPPER RIDGE RETROGRADES TO THE WEST SUNDAY AS HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO
LOWER SLIGHTLY WITH THE TROF MOVING THROUGH THE EAST. A SURFACE
FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA SUNDAY INCREASING THE LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH LEADING TO MODERATE
INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA. SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE THE BEST DAY IN THE
SHORT RANGE FOR CONVECTION...BUT AS DRY AS IT HAS BEEN THIS YEAR
WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT DEVELOPS. THAT SAID...DID GO WITH 40
POP FOR THE MTNS AND 30 ELSEWHERE FOR THE AFTERNOON. HARD TO CALL IT
A COOLING TREND...BUT HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 90S OUTSIDE OF
THE MTNS AND UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 MTN VALLEYS.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE MEDIUM RANGE. CENTER OF
UPPER RIDGE REMAINS TO OUR WEST. WHILE IT IS HARD TO CALL IT
TROFFING OVER THE EAST...A WEAKNESS IN THE RIDGING DEVELOPS OVER THE
SOUTHEAST. WEAK SHORT WAVES DROP INTO THIS WEAKNESS UNTIL THURSDAY
WHEN THE RIDGE AXIS MOVES WESTWARD ALLOWING A STRONGER SHORT WAVES
TO CARVE OUT AN ACTUAL TROF OVER THE EAST. A FRONTAL SYSTEM STALLS
OVER THE AREA MONDAY AND DISSIPATES TUESDAY. THIS KEEPS A MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE AREA. WILL GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE SCT
AFTERNOON CONVECTION FOR THESE DAYS EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN A DROUGHT
AS ALL GUIDANCE INCLUDING ENSEMBLES SHOW PRECIP. MOISTURE DECREASES
WEDNESDAY AND THE AREA WILL BE BETWEEN SYNOPTIC SYSTEMS.
HOWEVER...DECENT INSTABILITY IS FORECAST...SO WILL GO WITH SCT
CONVECTION MTNS WHERE MOISTURE IS BEST AND ISOLATED ELSEWHERE.
FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA THURSDAY...SO SCATTERED
CONVECTION RETURNS. WE SHOULD SEE A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN TEMPS
THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT WILL STILL BE ABOVE NORMAL MOST LOCATIONS.
THE EXCEPTION IS NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT WHERE THEY WILL BE NEAR
TO A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF KCLT AND KHKY THROUGH
LATE EVENING. IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT SOME BRIEF VISBY RESTRICTIONS
WILL OCCUR IN LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AS CONVECTION APPROACHES BOTH
OF THESE TERMINALS. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM IN THE VCNTY OF KAND SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT AIRFIELD. FOR NOW...WE DO NOT
ANTICIPATE CONVECTION TO AFFECT THE OTHER TERMINALS THIS EVENING.
OTHERWISE...FOG SHOULD BE A BIT MORE PREVALENT ACROSS THE REGION FRI
MORNING...ALTHOUGH IT STILL SHOULDN/T BE A BIG DEAL. WE WOULDN/T
RULE OUT A BRIEF PERIOD OF IFR AT KAVL...BUT VISBY SHOULD FOR THE
MOST PART REMAIN IN THE VFR/MVFR RANGE. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL
DESTABILIZE SUBSTANTIALLY ONCE AGAIN FRI AFTERNOON...SO EXPECT AT
LEAST ISOLATED CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA ONCE AGAIN. THE BEST
COVERAGE SHOULD OCCUR ACROSS THE MTNS...SO A CB CLOUD GROUP WAS
INTRODUCED AT KAVL.
AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION...COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON
CONVECTION MAY INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. LIGHT
MORNING FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY IN
THE MTNS.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR
NCZ036-057-069>072-082.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...TJB
NEAR TERM...ARK
SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...RWH
AVIATION...JDLHazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 3:54 PM EDT, 6 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 354 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509- SCZ001>003-242000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 354 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A FEW ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035-037-056-068-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ004>014- 019-242000- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-DAVIE-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD- EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE- SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC- CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 354 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. ONE OR TWO ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE... PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH 105 DEGREES SATURDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NCZ036-057-069>072-082-242000- IREDELL-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- 354 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007 ...AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. ONE OR TWO ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE... PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH 105 DEGREES SATURDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 8:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 848 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007 SCZ007-240130- SPARTANBURG- 848 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SPARTANBURG COUNTY THROUGH 930 PM EDT... AT 848 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR REIDVILLE...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPARTANBURG...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM REIDVILLE TO SOUTH OF GREER THROUGH 930 PM. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. HG
Local storm report, Aug 23, 9:17 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
917 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0914 PM HAIL MORGANTON 35.74N 81.70W
08/23/2007 E0.75 INCH BURKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS ONGOING PENNY SIZE HAIL
&&
SKRENTZLocal storm report, Aug 23, 9:26 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
926 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0905 PM HAIL 5 S MORGANTON 35.67N 81.70W
08/23/2007 E0.88 INCH BURKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS NICKLE SIZE HAIL LASTING 10 MINUTES
0918 PM TSTM WND DMG DYSARTSVILLE 35.60N 81.87W
08/23/2007 MCDOWELL NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY OFFICIAL REPORTS TREE DOWN ON CAR
&&
SKRENTZSpecial weather statement, Aug 23, 9:29 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 929 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007 NCZ068-240215- CLEVELAND- 929 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY THROUGH 1015 PM EDT... AT 929 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAWNDALE...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF SHELBY... MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... POLKVILLE BY 945 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. HG
Local storm report, Aug 23, 9:34 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
934 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM TSTM WND DMG LENOIR 35.91N 81.53W
08/23/2007 CALDWELL NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY
&&
SKRENTZLocal storm report, Aug 23, 9:44 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
944 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0918 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG DYSARTSVILLE 35.60N 81.87W
08/23/2007 MCDOWELL NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
A COUPLE TREES DOWN ON VAIN MOUNTAIN ROAD. ONE TREE WAS
ON A CAR
&&
SKRENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 63 min |
| Aug 23, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 62 min |
| Aug 23, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 67 min |
| Aug 23, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 88 min |
| Aug 23, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 9:55 AM EDT | Air Stagnation Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and 2 more | 35 hr |
| Aug 24, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 57 min |
| Aug 24, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, McDowell | 67 min |
| Aug 24, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 57 min |
| Aug 24, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 53 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.