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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 414, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 26, 2007Union County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2007, 5:20 PM EDT for Union County, South Carolina. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2007, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2007, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Union County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 220 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2007-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 583 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2007-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
583 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 26, 4:56 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 4:56 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 5:45 AM EDT, 11 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
545 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-271000-
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-
545 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 85. ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WIND AND/OR LARGE HAIL. THE NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS
IS EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

DEO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:29 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:00 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:06 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
506 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007

SCZ013-262200-
UNION-
506 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN UNION COUNTY THROUGH 600
PM EDT...

AT 501 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CROSS KEYS...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNION.
THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CROSS KEYS BY 520 PM EDT.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LANE
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:16 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
516 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007

GAZ029-262145-
ELBERT-
516 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY
THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALHOUN FALLS...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ELBERTON...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LANE
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:17 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
517 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007

NCZ082-262215-
UNION-
517 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT UNION COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM
EDT...

AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNIONVILLE...OR 5 MILES
NORTH OF MONROE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  UNIONVILLE...TRINITY...WINGATE...STURDIVANTS...MONROE...
  MARSHVILLE...INDIAN TRAIL AND FAIRVIEW.

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS IN THE
COUNTY...PRIMARILY FROM MONROE...TO WINGATE...AND MARSHVILLE.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN...AND A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE
FROM FAIRVIEW SOUTH TO WINGATE. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE WINGATE AND
MARSHVILLE AREAS. ALSO...MOTORISTS DRIVING ALONG HIGHWAY 74 SHOULD
USE EXTRA CAUTION AND WATCH FOR DEEP PONDING OF WATER ALONG THE
ROADWAY. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE SALEM AND RICHARDSON CREEK
BASINS WILL SEE WATER LEVELS RISE AS WELL.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

BSH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson50 min
Aug 26, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg50 min
Aug 26, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson65 min
Aug 26, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South 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.