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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 419, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 30, 2007Abbeville County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2007, 2:58 PM EDT for Abbeville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 62 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 30, 2007, 2:58 PM EDT (18:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2007, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Abbeville County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 271 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2007-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2459 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2007-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
2459 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 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 30, 2:47 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:47 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
247 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT...REACHING
OUR AREA BY FRIDAY NIGHT...PUSHING SOUTH OF THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
LATEST RUC AND NAM RUNS DEVELOP GOOD LLVL CONVERGENCE (1000-850 MB
LAYER) ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND UP INTO THE LEE SLOPES OF THE NC MTNS
AND FOOTHILLS. LATEST TERMINAL DOPPLER RADAR IMAGERY FROM TCLT SHOWS
DEEP LAYER NNE FLOW...WHILE FLOW OVER THE THE WESTERN PART OF THE
UPSTATE IS MORE WESTERLY. THEREFORE IT LOOKS LIKE THE NAM AND RUC
WIND FIELDS ARE VERIFYING WELL SO FAR. AS A RESULT...I/LL UP POPS
ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND INTO THE NC MTNS AND WRN FOOTHILLS...WHILE
DROPPING THEM A BIT IN THE I-77 CORRIDOR OF NC.

THERE HAS BEEN ABUNDANT MID LEVEL CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING AS THE
AREA OF DEEP LAYER RH THAT HAS BEEN TEASING US JUST TO THE WEST THE
PAST COUPLE DAYS HAS FINALLY OVERSPREAD A GOOD BIT OF THE FORECAST
AREA. MOIST 12 UTC SOUNDINGS SHOULD YIELD QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE MOVING OVER
ERN TN ATTM...EVEN WITHOUT FULL SUN. HOWEVER...THE MORE HEATING WE
SEE...THE MORE WIDESPREAD WL BE THE CONVECTTION.

WITH APPROACHING FRONT EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT
BEFORE TAPERING OFF SOMEWHAT TOWARD DAYBREAK. MORNING LOWS WILL
SETTLE AROUND 70 PIEDMONT...UPPER 50S TO MID 60S MTNS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL LINGER OVER THE EASTERN GULF STATES
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WHILE AN UPPER TROUGH TO THE NORTH
DEAMPLIFIES. THE SURFACE REFLECTION OF THIS LOW IS DEPICTED BY THE
MODELS CLOSE TO THE GULF COAST. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY SOUTH
INTO THE  AREA FRIDAY NIGHT...INTRODUCING AN EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW
INTO HIGHER TERRAIN THAT PERSISTS THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE THE BOUNDARY
AND ITS ASSOCIATED MOISTURE MOVE WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA. CHANCE POPS
WILL BE CARRIED WITH DAYTIME HEATING...MAINLY ALONG THE BLUE
RIDGE...WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS EACH NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND
FROM JUST ABOVE NORMAL SATURDAY TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL SUNDAY AS
THE COOLER AIR MASS EDGES SOUTH.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
THE EXTENDED PERIOD FEATURES THE PROGRESSION OF AN EAST COAST UPPER
TROUGH...FOLLOWED BY THE AMPLIFICATION OF AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. A STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE
LOCATED ALONG THE EASTERN GULF COAST FROM MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...WITH A SURFACE RIDGE CENTERED OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
EXTENDING OVER OUR AREA. INITIALLY MOISTURE WILL BE CONCENTRATED
ALONG THE GULF COAST AS AN UPPER LEVEL COL BETWEEN THE TROUGH AND
RIDGE KEEPS ANY ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE OVER THE BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH.
POPS WILL NOT BE CARRIED EARLY IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST. AS THE
UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFIES...A WEAK SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL TRANSPORT
MOISTURE NORTH OVER THE SURFACE RIDGE...INCREASING CLOUDS AND
SUPPORTING SMALL POPS WITH TIME. BY THURSDAY THE FRONT WASHES
OUT...BUT A CONTINUED EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL HELP OFFSET
TEMPERATURES GAINS ASSOCIATED WITH HEIGHT RISES UNDER THE UPPER
RIDGE.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
SHRA AND TSTMS SHUD BE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AND I HAVE VCTS AT ALL TAF SITES AT VARIOUS TIME OVER THE NEXT 6
HORUS OR SO. PREVAILING FLOW ACROSS THE REGION IS NE ATTM...AND THIS
GENERAL FLOW SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HRS...THOUGH WINDS WILL
BE VERY LIGHT OVERNIGHT. PATCHY LOW CLOUDS ARE CERTAINLY
POSSIBLE...BUT FORCING IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO ME TO INCLUDE
ANYTHING IN THE TAFS. AS FOR VSBYS...HAVE MOST SITES GOING DOWN LATE
WITH MVFR FOG/HAZE...SIMILAR TO THE PAST FEW NIGHTS. HOWEVER...ANY
SITES THAT SEE APPRECIABLE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY FALL MUCH MORE
OVERNIGHT.

AVIATION OUTLOOK...THRU WED. SCT TSTMS POSSIBLE FRI-SAT AS A FRONT
MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS THE CWA. FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL S OF THE
AREA SUN...WITH LITTLE CHANCE OF CONVECTION MON-WED. MVFR MORNING
FOG AND HAZE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...EVEN BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH IFR
FOG POSSIBLE AT KAVL.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ036-
     057-069>072-082.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JAT
NEAR TERM...MCAVOY
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...MCAVOY
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 6:05 AM EDT, 8 hours 53 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 30, 12:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1247 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007

NCZ052-301730-
HAYWOOD-
1247 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY
THROUGH 130 PM EDT...

AT 1239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF LAKE JUNALUSKA...OR 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WAYNESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CRUSO BY 130 PM EDT.

SMALL 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.

MCAVOY
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 1:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
154 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007

NCZ068-504-508-301830-
CLEVELAND-GREATER BURKE-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
154 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...
NORTHERN CLEVELAND AND SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM
EDT...

AT 151 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF CASAR...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MORGANTON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 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.

NED
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 2:45 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007

SCZ006-007-301945-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
245 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN GREENVILLE AND WESTERN
SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...

AT 242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PELHAM ROAD AT I-85...OR 8 MILES EAST OF
GREENVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PELHAM ROAD AT I-85 BY 305 PM EDT.
  HAYWOOD MALL BY 335 PM EDT.
  SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE BY 345 PM EDT.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

ARK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRowan51 min
Aug 30, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville59 min
Aug 30, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion57 min
Aug 30, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester53 min
Aug 30, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLaurens63 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.