Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2007, 3:46 PM EDT for Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
- Jun 5, 2007, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2007, 4:24 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Elbert County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Se Fortsonia, GA | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED. |
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 19 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1340 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 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 051946 SVRGSP GAC105-052045- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0072.070605T1946Z-070605T2045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 346 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 342 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 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELBERTON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORTSONIA...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BELL AT 350 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 3406 8283 3396 8284 3396 8257 3409 8265 $$ NED
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KGSP 052006 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 405 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 GAC105-052045- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-070605T2045Z/ ELBERT GA- 405 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY... AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF FORTSONIA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... THE INTERSECTION OF BRAD DIXON ROAD AND HIGHWAY 79 AT 410 PM EDT LAKE RUSSELL AT 420 PM EDT THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE WIND SPEEDS STRONG ENOUGH TO CAPSIZE EVEN LARGE BOATS. BOATERS ON LAKE RUSSELL SHOULD MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY LAT...LON 3406 8283 3396 8284 3396 8257 3409 8265 $$ NED
000 WWUS52 KGSP 052024 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 424 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 GAC105-052032- /O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-070605T2045Z/ ELBERT GA- 424 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED INTO SOUTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY. PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE THAT SEVERE HAIL OCCURRED SOUTH OF FORTSONIA AROUND 405 PM. LAT...LON 3406 8283 3396 8284 3396 8257 3409 8265 $$ NED
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 Jun 5, 2:57 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:57 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 257 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FROM THE WEST TODAY...THEN WILL STALL TO OUR SOUTH ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE MOVING BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON THURSDAY. A WARM SURFACE RIDGE WILL RETURN OVER THE AREA FROM FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... CONVECTION A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD THAN EXPECTED EARLIER AS LEE TROUGH CONVERGENCE TRIGGERING SCATTRERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WESTERN UPSTATE OUT AHEAD OF WEAK VORT APPROACHING OUT OF ALABAMA. COLD FRONT ALSO MOVING SE OUT OF THE OHIO VALLEY WHICH IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL CONVECTION ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WHICH MAY PROPGATE INTO THE FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING. HIGHEST CAPES ARE FORECAST ACROSS THE PIEDMONTS...BUT LOOKS LIKE CAPE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT EVERYWHERE TO WARRANT THE MENTION OF THUNDER. THEREFORE ...GRIDS WILL REFLECT SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COLD FRONT CLEARS THE AREA BY 06Z. WINDS SHOULD SHIFT TO NW WITH CLOUDS SCATTERING OUT. WEDNESDAY SHOULD FEATURE LIGHT DOWNSLOPE FLOW AND GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES WHICH WILL PRODUCE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. USED A MOS BLEND FOR LOW TEMPS TONIGHT AND A MAV/MET BLEND ON WED. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... SFC HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. MIN TEMPS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S. THE AXIS OF 5H RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE CWFA. THE CENTER OF THE SFC HIGH PUSHES EAST OF THE AREA OFFSHORE THURSDAY. THE MID LEVEL CAP WILL BE VERY STRONG...AND EVEN THOUGH MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WITH SWLY LOW LEVEL FLOW...IT LOOKS LIKE ALL CONVECTION WILL BE SUPPRESSED. HAVE KEPT POP JUST UNDER SLIGHT CHC OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE MAIN STORY FOR THURSDAY...WILL BE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...WITH 850 MB TEMPS PROGGED TO BE 18-20C. MAX TEMPS LOOK TO BE IN THE LOW 90S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT (MID TO UPPER 80S IN THE MOUNTAINS)...AND OVERNIGHT MIN TEMPS IN THE MID 60S TO NEAR 70 FRIDAY NIGHT. A VERY WARM DAY FRIDAY...AS 850 MB THERMAL RIDGE AXIS ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. A LITTLE MORE LLVL MOISTURE FLOWING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SW FRIDAY...AND MORE INSTABILITY. HAVE SLIGHT CHC POP OF SHRA AND TSRA FOR FRIDAY AFTN..AND LOW CHC IN THE WESTERN MTN ZONES. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... THE OVERALL PATTERN WILL BE QUASI-ZONAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THEN BECOME AMPLIFIED AGAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A DEEP LOW IS PROGGED TO DEVELOP OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WHILE A LARGE RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL KEEP THE AREA UNDER NWLY FLOW. MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE SHOWS A WEAK COLD FRONT PUSH THROUGH THE CWFA EARLY SATURDAY...THEN WASH OUT JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING. MODEL THICKNESSES SUGGEST SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY WILL BE A FEW DEGREES LOWER THAN WHATS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THRU SATURDAY. WENT CLOSE TO HPC ON POPS...GIVEN THE EXPECTED BRIEF PERIODS OF RETURN FLOW AND POSSIBLE LINGERING BNDRY(S). HAVE TRENDED WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN POP (ESP WITH AFTN CONVECTION)...SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE SFC TRIGGERS FOR CONVECTION...MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED WITH CONTINUED WLY TO NWLY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. && .AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... MAIN TAF CONCERN WILL BE THE THREAT OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION. RADAR ALREADY SHOWS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SC GENERALLY ALONG LEE TROUGH. MOVEMENT IS EASTERLY SO HAVE ADDED A TEMPO GROUP FOR THUNDERSTORMS AT KGSP AND KGMU FROM 19-21Z. FOR NOW WILL JUST MENTION VCTS REMAINDER OF TAF SITES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WILL THEN UPDATE TO ADD THUNDER AT SITES WHERE RADAR TRENDS INDICATE A GOOD CHANCE. CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY VFR...BUT CEILINGS AND VSBY WOULD GO MVFR IF A CORE OF A STORM PASSES OVER A TAF SITE. FRONT CLEARS THE AREA BY ABOUT 03Z...SO SW WINDS WILL VEER TO THE NW THEN. ALSO...EXPECT MID LEVEL CEILINGS AFTER 00Z TO SCATTER BY 06Z. ANY FOG LATE TONIGHT WILL DEPEND ON WHETHER RAIN OCCURS. WILL LEAVE MENTION OF FOG OUT FOR NOW. FOR THE OUTLOOK...EXPECT VFR CONDTIONS TO PREDOMINATE FROM LATE WED THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF MVFR CEILNGS AND VSBY. GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PAT NEAR TERM...LG SHORT TERM...ARK LONG TERM...ARK AVIATION...LG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:51 AM EDT, 9 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 551 AM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-061000- 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- 551 AM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 07
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 135 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 SCZ006-010>012-019-051830- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENWOOD-LAURENS- 135 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON... GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD AND LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT... AT 131 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LG
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 220 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 SCZ012-051900- LAURENS- 220 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LAURENS COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLINTON...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAURENS... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LG
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:23 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 323 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 GAZ029-052030- ELBERT- 323 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ELBERT COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER COMER...OR 8 MILES WEST OF ELBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ELBERTON BY 335 PM EDT. RUCKERSVILLE BY 350 PM EDT. LAKE RUSSELL BY 355 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN ELBERT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ELBERTON... RUCKERSVILLE AND LAKE RUSSELL...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. NED
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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.