Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 5, 2007, 2:24 PM EST for Greenville County, Laurens County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 66 min. 8 reports 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
- Jan 5, 2007, 2:24 PM EST (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2007, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Greenville County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2:39 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Greenville, SC | 1 TREE DOWN ON RISON RD. OFF OF HIGHWAY 123. |
| Jan 5, 2:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ssw Greenville, SC | 1 TREE DOWN AT 185 AND FRONTAGE RD. |
| Jan 5, 2:47 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Simpsonville, SC | 1 TREE DOWN AT OLD LAURENS RD. AND DALEWOOD RD. |
| Jan 5, 2:48 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Laurens, SC | 1 TREE DOWN AT EXIT 5 ON I-385. |
| Jan 5, 2:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Laurens, SC | TOPS OF TREES BLOWN DOWN AND ACROSS ROAB WAY IN LAURENS. |
| Jan 5, 3:10 PM EST | TORNADO | Moore, SC | DAMAGE TO ROOF OF A MOBILE HOME IN MOORE. BACK SIDE OF A BARN AT THE HOME RIPPED OFF. A LARGE CHILDS PLAYHOUSE THROWN APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET FROM THE HOME AND SHATTERED IN THE ROAD. A SECTION OF CHAIN LINK FENCE...APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET...MANGLED. DAMAGE TO THE |
| Jan 5, 3:15 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Roebuck, SC | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AT WOODRUFF LANE AND OLD GEORGIA ROAD IN ROEBUCK. SOME DOWN ACROSS ROADS...2 DOWN ON A HOUSE. |
| Jan 5, 3:17 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Roebuck, SC | AT LEAST 6 LARGE CONIFERS UPROOTED...ALL IN THE SAME DIRECTION. |
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 7 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 15 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 12:41 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 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 051924
SVRGSP
SCC045-059-083-052030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0007.070105T1924Z-070105T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
224 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 330 PM EST
* AT 222 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRAVELERS REST TO 9 MILES WEST OF BOYD
MILL POND TO 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSS HILL...AND WAS MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
BOYD MILL POND AND HICKORY TAVERN BY 235 PM EST...
SIMPSONVILLE AND GREENVILLE BY 240 PM EST...
TRAVELERS REST AND MAULDIN BY 245 PM EST...
TAYLORS AND CROSS HILL BY 250 PM EST...
WOODRUFF AND REIDVILLE BY 300 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.
THIS RAPIDLY MOVING LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE WINDS FROM
60 TO 70 MPH...AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LITTLE OR NO LIGHTNING.
THESE WIND SPEEDS ARE CAPABLE OF TOPPLING TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR OFFICE BUILDING. AVOID
ROOMS THAT MAY BE DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES. IF DRIVING...PULL OVER IN
A CLEAR AREA AWAY FROM LARGE TREES AND POWER POLES.
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 3502 8259 3455 8240 3416 8192 3452 8162
3459 8183 3492 8174 3519 8189
$$
RWH/NED2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KGSP 052006
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
304 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007
SCC045-052014-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070105T2030Z/
GREENVILLE SC-
304 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY WAS
UPGRADED TO A TORNADO WARNING UNTIL 330 PM EST...
A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
GREENVILLE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3455 8223 3477 8214 3485 8222 3519 8219
3518 8188 3492 8174 3460 8186 3455 8178
3454 8166 3451 8165 3436 8178 3429 8189
3420 8194
$$
SCC059-083-052030-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070105T2030Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-LAURENS SC-
304 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EST
FOR LAURENS AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES...
AT 300 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMPOBELLO TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CLINTON TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSS HILL...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENVILLE TO 6 MILES EAST OF
LAURENS TO 15 MILES EAST OF GREENWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WELLFORD AND MOORE BY 310 PM EST...
CAMPOBELLO AND ROEBUCK BY 315 PM EST...
LAKE BOWEN AND SPARTANBURG BY 320 PM EST...
FINGERVILLE AND BOILING SPRINGS SC BY 325 PM EST...
PACOLET AND PACOLET MILLS BY 330 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.
LAT...LON 3455 8223 3477 8214 3485 8222 3519 8219
3518 8188 3492 8174 3460 8186 3455 8178
3454 8166 3451 8165 3436 8178 3429 8189
3420 8194
$$
NED/RWH000
WWUS52 KGSP 052025
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
322 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007
SCC059-083-052032-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070105T2030Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-LAURENS SC-
322 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAURENS AND SPARTANBURG
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 330 PM EST...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SPARTANBURG COUNTY WAS UPGRADED
TO A TORNADO WARNING UNTIL 400 PM EST.
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS PUSHED EAST OF LAURENS COUNTY.
THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAURENS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 330 PM EST.
LAT...LON 3455 8223 3477 8214 3485 8222 3519 8219
3518 8188 3492 8174 3460 8186 3455 8178
3454 8166 3451 8165 3436 8178 3429 8189
3420 8194
$$
NEDWhat 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 5, 12:46 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 12:46 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1246 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/... TEXT PRODUCTS WILL BE UPDATED FOR NEW TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5. THE FORECAST IS GENERALLY IN GOOD SHAPE WITH EARLIER UPDATE HAVING RAISED POP AND ADDED THUNDER. THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL BE TAKEN TO GO ALL THE WAY EAST WITH THE CATEGORICAL POP...AND SOME SEVERE WORDING WILL ALSO BE ADDED ACROSS THE SRN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. OTHERWISE...MINOR TWEAKS TO THE GRIDS FOR DEWPT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1010 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007/ SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/... SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...ROUGHLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE IN SC THEN CUTTING NORTH OF METRO CLT. RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST THAT PRECIP CHANCES ARE TOO LOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. WARM FRONTAL PRECIP WILL ACCOUNT FOR A LIKELY POP ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT ZONES AND APPROACHING PRE- COLD FRONTAL CONVECTIVE BAND WILL ACCOUNT FOR CATEGORICAL POP OVER THE WRN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. WILL ALSO ADD A CHANCE OF THUNDER ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA OWING TO WEAK INSTABILITY IN THE WARM SECTOR. TEMPS LOOK OK FOR THE MOST PART BUT NEED TO BE ADJUSTED UPWARD A FEW DEGREES OVER THE NC FOOTHILLS WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH BY 18Z AT THE LATEST. THE OBVIOUS CONCERN IS THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL NOW THAT OUR WARM FRONT IS LIFTING NORTH. FORTUNATELY...WE SHOULD NOT BREAK OUT SO SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED. HOWEVER...0-3KM WIND SHEAR WILL PROBABLY BE GREATER THAN 40KT AS THE CONVECTION MOVES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...WHICH IS ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRIEF TORNADOES IN A QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM. ALTHO THE LATEST TOR WATCH IS JUST TO THE S OF THE CWA...A BRIEF TORNADO WILL NOT BE RULED OUT ALONG AND S OF I-85. THIS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED IN A SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK WHICH WILL BE UPDATED MIDDAY IF NECESSARY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 244 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... A CLOSED UPPER LOW IN THE SOUTHERN STREAM WILL OPEN UP AND LIFT NORTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE OVER AND EAST COAST SURFACE RIDGE WILL DIMINISH AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH OVER THE AREA...RESULTING IN LESS PRECIPITATION COVERAGE. A WEAK COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER SHORTWAVE...FORMERLY THE LOW...WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT WITH LIMITED MOISTURE AS GULF INFLOW DECREASES. ALTHOUGH SOIL MOISTURE AND RIVER LEVELS ARE ELEVATED FROM RECENT RAINS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LOW ENOUGH TO KEEP FLOODING FROM BEING MUCH OF A PROBLEM. THE MODELS DISAGREE ON THE AMOUNT OF WIND AT 850 MB WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH THE GFS RATHER STRONG ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. USING A BLEND OF MODEL SURFACE WINDS KEEPS THE AREA OUT OF LAKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. LIMITED INSTABILITY SUPPORTS A CHANCE OF THUNDER ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA THIS AFTERNOON...BUT ALTHOUGH VERTICAL SPEED SHEAR EXISTS...AT THIS TIME THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVER WEATHER IS EAST OF THE AREA IN BETTER INSTABILITY. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN WARM ADVECTION. BY SATURDAY MORNING OUR AREA IS IN A DRYING WESTERLY FLOW...KEEPING TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN. A MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE AS AN AMPLIFYING LONG WAVE TROUGH PROGRESSES ACROSS THE CONTINENT...TO EVENTUALLY TAKE UP RESIDENCE ALONG THE EAST COAST. A SHORTWAVE TRAVELING THROUGH THIS LONGWAVE WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE SATURDAY . AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE WAVE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO SATURDAY NIGHT...SPREADING MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA BY SUNDAY. UPSLOPE FLOW ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SURFACE WAVE SUPPORTS RATHER HEAVY RAINFALL ON SUNDAY...AND THE SITUATION WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSELY WATCHED FOR EXCESSIVE RAIN. MODEL INSTABILITY AGAIN MAKES ITS APPEARANCE IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES ON SUNDAY...BUT WITH COOLER SURFACE TEMPERATURES FORECAST IN AN ONGOING RAIN EVENT...THUNDER WILL NOT BE CARRIED IN THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. MODEL 850 MB WINDS ARE RATHER STRONG AGAIN SUNDAY...BUT ARE PARALLEL TO AND JUST EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURFACE WAVE CROSSES THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT THICKNESS LOWERS FAST...SUPPORTING SNOW SHOWERS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...THOUGH THE MODELS DIFFER CONSIDERABLY ON HOW MUCH MOISTURE LINGERS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... THE LATEST RUNS OF THE GFS AND ECMWF COMPARE FAVORABLY AT 500 MB THROUGH TUESDAY...AND THE SURFACE PATTERN OF THE GFS SUPPORTS THE CURRENT MEDIUM RANGE SOLUTION FORM HPC. THE ONLY CHANGE MADE TO THE LOCAL MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST WAS TO LOWER SKY COVER BEHIND THE DEPARTING EAST COAST FRONT. A DRY RIDGE WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO JUST ABOVE NORMAL IN LOWER HEIGHTS ALOFT DUE THE EAST COAST TROUGH. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MOORE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 5, 5:35 AM EST, 8 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 535 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-061100- 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- 535 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WIND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FROM ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 07
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 5, 8:38 AM EST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 838 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ068>072-082-SCZ001>014-019-051800- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-CABARRUS-CHEROKEE-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-ELBERT- FRANKLIN-GASTON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREENWOOD-HABERSHAM-HART-LAURENS-LINCOLN- MECKLENBURG-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SPARTANBURG- STEPHENS-UNION-YORK- 100 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... A WEAK WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND METRO CHARLOTTE THIS MORNING...ALLOWING UNSEASONABLY WARM AND HUMID AIR TO MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH. MEANWHILE...AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND STRONG UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE SHOULD MAINTAIN A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. BY NOON...THE LINE OF STORMS WILL APPROACH EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BECOME MARGINALLY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE AREA MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS THE AREA TO THE SOUTH OF TOCCOA...ANDERSON...LAURENS...AND ROCK HILL. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA FROM MIDDAY THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON...AND THEN THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY FROM ELBERTON TO ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL GO DOWN BY THE EARLY EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS IN FROM THE WEST. STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jan 5, 11:47 AM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1147 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ036-037-056-057-062>065-068>072-082- 507>510-SCZ001>014-019-052200- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-CABARRUS-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-DAVIE- EASTERN POLK-ELBERT-FRANKLIN-GASTON-GREATER GREENVILLE- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREENWOOD-HABERSHAM-HART-HENDERSON-IREDELL- LAURENS-LINCOLN-MACON-MECKLENBURG-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS-RABUN-ROWAN-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN JACKSON- SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS-TRANSYLVANIA-UNION-YORK- 1147 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... A WEAK WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON WILL ALLOW UNSEASONABLY WARM AND HUMID AIR TO MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH. MEANWHILE...AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND STRONG UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE SHOULD MAINTAIN A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF GEORGIA AND INTO WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BECOME MARGINALLY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS... DURING THE AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS THE AREA TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CLAYTON GEORGIA...TO GREENVILLE...AND MONROE NORTH CAROLINA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE AFTERNOON...AND THEN THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY FROM TOCCOA TO ANDERSON...LAURENS...AND ROCK HILL. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL GO DOWN BY THE EARLY EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS IN FROM THE WEST. STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jan 5, 12:34 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1234 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ062-063-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-011-019- 051900- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREENWOOD-HABERSHAM-HART-MACON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON-STEPHENS- 1234 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL APPROACH NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE FAR WESTERN UPSTATE...AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND BRIEF WEAK TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ELBERTON...TO TOCCOA...CLAYTON...AND FRANKLIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. BSH
Special weather statement, Jan 5, 12:43 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1243 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ062-063-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-011-019- 051900- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREENWOOD-HABERSHAM-HART-MACON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON-STEPHENS- 1243 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL APPROACH NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE FAR WESTERN UPSTATE...AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND BRIEF WEAK TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ELBERTON...TO TOCCOA...CLAYTON...AND FRANKLIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. BSH
Special weather statement, Jan 5, 1:59 PM EST, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 159 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 SCZ002>007-010>012-019-052000- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREENWOOD-LAURENS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG- 159 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON... GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...LAURENS...OCONEE...PICKENS AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EST... AT 156 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAKE KEOWEE TO CALHOUN FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... ANDERSON BY 205 PM EST. PICKENS BY 210 PM EST. BELTON BY 215 PM EST. WILLIAMSTON BY 220 PM EST. POWDERSVILLE BY 225 PM EST. WARE SHOALS BY 230 PM EST. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. NED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 12:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 68 min |
| Jan 5, 2:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood | 57 min |
| Jan 5, 2:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 45 min |
| Jan 5, 2:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville | 32 min |
| Jan 5, 3:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 39 min |
| Jan 5, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 40 min |
| Jan 5, 3:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 48 min |
| Jan 5, 4:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | York | 14 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.