Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 402, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2007, 4:52 PM EDT for Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2007, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2007, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Ellenboro, NC | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON HWY 120 AND 74B. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 23 minutes after it went out.
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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 1904 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 242052
SVRGSP
NCC161-242145-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0402.070824T2052Z-070824T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
452 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 450 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 11
MILES EAST OF RUTHERFORDTON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF ELLENBORO.
THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ELLENBORO BY 525 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 3546 8169 3535 8170 3522 8176 3526 8198
3546 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 289DEG 2KT 3538 8176
$$
MOORE2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KGSP 242114
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
514 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
NCC161-242145-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0402.000000T0000Z-070824T2145Z/
RUTHERFORD NC-
514 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY...
AT 511 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ELLENBORO...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF SHELBY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CLIFFSIDE BY 520 PM EDT...
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED BECAUSE BRIEF
PERIODS OF DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL ARE EXPECTED OVER SMALL
AREAS. THIS STORM WAS ALSO CAUSING INTENSE LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 3546 8169 3535 8170 3522 8176 3526 8198
3546 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 315DEG 12KT 3530 8173
$$
MOORE000
WWUS52 KGSP 242141
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
540 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
NCC161-242150-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0402.000000T0000Z-070824T2145Z/
RUTHERFORD NC-
540 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RUTHERFORD COUNTY EXPIRES AT
545 PM EDT...
AT 540 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE PREVIOUSLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY
HAD WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AS IT WAS CROSSING INTO CLEVELAND
COUNTY. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
MAY CONTINUE FROM ELLENBORO TO CLIFFSIDE THROUGH 6 PM.
LAT...LON 3546 8169 3535 8170 3522 8176 3526 8198
3546 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 316DEG 13KT 3527 8168
$$
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 24, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
310 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
UPPER RIDGE WILL WEAKEN SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT APPROACH THE AREA. THE FRONT WILL MOVE IN
SUNDAY...BECOME STATIONARY...AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE AS THE UPPER RIDGE
BUILDS BACK OVER THE REGION FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS WESTERN NC MTNS ONCE
AGAIN...WITH SOME PULSING TO SEVERE LIMITS. THE WESTERN UPSTATE AND
NE GA COUNTIES WILL LIKELY HAVE SCATTERED CONVECTION AS THE
AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. LIKE YESTERDAY...GUIDANCE SHOWS CONTINUED
INSTABILITY WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER...UPSLOPE SELY
FLOW WEAKENS AND TURNS SWLY BY 6Z. SO CONVECTION SHOULD END FOR THE
MOST PART BY MIDNIGHT. DID HOLD ONTO SLIGHT CHC ACROSS THE MTNS FOR
SOME ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA. MIN TEMPS WERE A PERSISTENCE FCST.
SATURDAY...UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER THE SOUTHEAST
STATES. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME AS
LAST FEW DAYS. WENT CLOSE TO MAV NUMBERS ON MAX TEMPS (UPPER 90S).
WITH DEWPOINTS EXPECTED TO ONLY MIX OUT INTO THE UPPER 60S ACROSS
THE PIEDMONT...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE 100-104 FOR AT LEAST A
COUPLE HOURS DURING THE AFTN. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE A HEAT
ADVISORY WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SFC RIDGE PUSHES FURTHER OFFSHORE...SO LOW LVL FLOW IS NOT EXPECTED
TO TURN SELY AS IT DID TODAY. WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN AIR
MASS...CONVECTIVE COVERAGE LOOKS SIMILAR TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED THE
LAST TWO DAYS. SO KEPT POP AT SLIGHT CHC PIEDMONT...WITH LOW-END CHC
OVER THE MTNS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
HEIGHTS FALL SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS SERIES OF SHORT WAVES
BUILD A SHORT WAVE TROF OVER THE EAST. THESE WAVES...ALONG WITH
UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE WILL PROVIDE MORE SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING THAN
WE HAVE HAD THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. THAT SAID...CONVECTION SATURDAY
NIGHT SHOULD STILL BE MORE DIURNAL IN NATURE AS GFS IS APPEARS TO
HAVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS. LOWS STILL ABOVE NORMAL SATURDAY NIGHT.
SFC FNT MOVES INTO THE AREA SUNDAY WITH BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE
REMAINING ACROSS THE WEST. EXPECT SCATTERED MAINLY DIURNAL
CONVECTION AGAIN WITH BEST CHC OVER THE WEST WHERE BEST LOW LEVEL
AND UPPER LEVEL FORCING CONVERGE. EVEN WITH THE LOWER HEIGHTS AND
EXPECTED PRECIP...HIGHS SUNDAY STILL QUITE WARM...INTO THE LOW TO
MID 90S OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS AND 80S MTNS.
SINCE FORCING STILL ONGOING...SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES
OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH BEST POP NORTH AND WEST BEFORE
MIDNIGHT. LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN SATURDAY NIGHT.
FRONT STALLS JUST TO OUR SOUTH ON MONDAY. HOWEVER...ATMOSPHERE
REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH DECENT LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE.
SCATTERED CONVECTION EXPECTED AGAIN WITH HIGHS FALLING CLOSER...BUT
STILL ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
UPPER RIDGE HAS ONE LAST HURRAH ON TUE BEFORE RETROGRADING WELL WEST
OF THE AREA BY FRI. TROF BUILDS OVER THE EAST WED AND REMAINS IN
PLACE THROUGH FRI. OPS MDLS AND ENSEMBLES ARE ALL IN GENERAL
AGREEMENT WITH THIS FORECAST...SO HOPEFULLY A PATTERN CHANGE IS IN
STORE. AT THE SURFACE DECAYING FRONT WASHES OUT ON TUE LEAVING A
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE AREA THRU WED. ANOTHER FRONTAL
SYSTEM APPROACHES ON THURSDAY AND MOVES THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. THE
RESULT IS ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION EACH DAY
WITH NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS TUE THRU THU NITE. BELOW
NORMAL HIGHS WILL BE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NC
MTNS...AND TRACK ACROSS THE WESTERN UPSTATE. EXPECT BEST COVERAGE
OVER MTNS AND W UPSLOPE AREAS SO CB CLOUDS MENTIONED AT KAVL AND
KAND INTO EARLY EVENING HOURS. IF THE AFOREMENTIONED SITES GET SOME
RAIN THIS AFTN...THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED CHC OF FOG. FOR
NOW...ONLY HAVE BRIEF PERIOD OF 5 TO 6SM BR IN VSBY NEAR SUNRISE
LITTLE CHANGE UNTIL A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION SUNDAY SO
EXPECT BETTER COVERAGE OF AFTN-EVE CONVECTION SUNDAY INTO THE FIRST
PART OF NEXT WEEK. PATCHY MORNING FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE EACH
DAY...ESPECIALLY MTN VALLEYS.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ036-
037-057-069>072-082.
AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR
NCZ036-037-057-069>072-082.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...RWH
NEAR TERM...ARK
SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...RWH
AVIATION...ARKHazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 3:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 349 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-068-501>510-252000- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CLEVELAND-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS- GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- 349 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR DURING THIS TIME WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY STORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS. 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. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035-056-SCZ001>014-019-252000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-CATAWBA- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 349 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 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. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWN POURS CAN OCCUR WITH ANY STORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE DAMAGING WINDS. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE IN THE LOW ONE HUNDREDS ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NCZ036-037-057-069>072-082-252000- IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- 349 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007 ...AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EDT SATURDAY... 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. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWN POURS CAN OCCUR WITH ANY STORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 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. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE DAMAGING WINDS. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE IN THE LOW ONE HUNDREDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 24, 3:57 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
357 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0240 PM TSTM WND DMG CULLOWHEE 35.31N 83.18W
08/24/2007 JACKSON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
SEVERAL TREES DOWN
&&
KRENTZLocal storm report, Aug 24, 4:04 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
404 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG LAURENS 34.50N 82.03W
08/24/2007 LAURENS SC NWS EMPLOYEE
POWER POLE BLOWN DOWN.
0340 PM FLASH FLOOD GREENVILLE 34.84N 82.37W
08/24/2007 GREENVILLE SC NWS EMPLOYEE
POWER POLE BLOWN DOWN.
&&
KRENTZLocal storm report, Aug 24, 4:15 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
415 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM HAIL TAYLORS 34.92N 82.31W
08/24/2007 E0.75 INCH GREENVILLE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL ON WADE HAMPTON ROAD. ALSO...DIME SIZE
HAIL REPORTED 5E GREENVILLE AT 1612 EDT.
&&
KRENTZLocal storm report, Aug 24, 4:27 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
427 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENVILLE 34.84N 82.37W
08/24/2007 GREENVILLE SC NWS EMPLOYEE
POWER POLE BLOWN DOWN.
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENVILLE 34.84N 82.37W
08/24/2007 GREENVILLE SC NWS EMPLOYEE
POWER POLE BLOWN DOWN ON LAURENS ROAD.
&&
KRENTZLocal storm report, Aug 24, 4:43 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
443 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 N FRANKLIN 35.28N 83.38W
08/24/2007 MACON NC TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE LIMBS BROKEN OFF TREE
0330 PM HAIL 7 N FRANKLIN 35.28N 83.38W
08/24/2007 E1.00 INCH MACON NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL
&&
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Aug 24, 4:43 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 443 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007 GAZ029-242145- ELBERT- 443 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN ELBERT COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM EDT... AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF BOWMAN...OR 8 MILES WEST OF ELBERTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS 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
The 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 23, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 96 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 |
Nearby
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.