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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 5, 2007Cherokee County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 5, 2007, 3:32 PM EST for Cherokee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 5, 2007, 3:32 PM EST (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 2007, 4:20 PM EST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cherokee County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 5, 12:41 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 2007-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 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 2007-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KGSP 052033
SVRGSP
SCC021-052130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0009.070105T2032Z-070105T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 430 PM EST

* AT 330 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 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF THICKETTY TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF
  THICKETTY...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  THICKETTY BY 340 PM EST...
  GAFFNEY BY 345 PM EST...
  BLACKSBURG BY 400 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 3516 8137 3513 8141 3506 8142 3505 8148
      3502 8150 3487 8148 3489 8158 3488 8163
      3491 8168 3491 8172 3517 8186

$$

RWH/NED
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 052059
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
358 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007

SCC021-052130-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070105T2130Z/
CHEROKEE SC-
358 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EST
FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY...

AT 355 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 7 MILES SOUTH OF BLACKSBURG TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BLACKSBURG...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF GAFFNEY
TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GAFFNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BLACKSBURG AT 405 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 STORMS 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.

LAT...LON 3516 8137 3513 8141 3506 8142 3505 8148
      3502 8150 3487 8148 3489 8158 3488 8163
      3491 8168 3491 8172 3517 8186

$$

NED
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 052120
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
416 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007

SCC021-052126-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070105T2130Z/
CHEROKEE SC-
416 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED OUT OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. 
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3516 8137 3513 8141 3506 8142 3505 8148
      3502 8150 3487 8148 3489 8158 3488 8163
      3491 8168 3491 8172 3517 8186

$$

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 Jan 5, 2:57 PM EST, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 2:57 PM EST, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
257 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
STRONG UPPER SHORT WAVE AND SURFACE TROUGH WILL CROSS THE REGION
THIS EVENING. LOOKS LIKE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL MOST LIKELY END
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE INITIAL SQUALL LINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...THERE MAY BE A SECOND BAND OF CONVECTION ACCOMPANYING THE
UPPER COLD POOL...SO WILL MAINTAIN A MENTION OF THUNDER IN GRIDS
AFTER 00Z. BOTH GFS AND NAM INDICATE THAT PRECIPITATION SHOULD END
WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING WITH PASSAGE OF UPPER SHORT WAVE. WILL END
PRECIPITATION IN GRIDS BY 03Z OVER WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST
AREA AND OVER THE EASTERN PORTION BY 06Z. MODELS INDICATE DEEP
LAYER DRYING BY 12Z WHICH MOS SUPPORTS BY SCATTERING
CLOUDS/CLEARING. SO WILL INDICATE THAT TREND LATE TONIGHT. MINIMUM
TEMPS A BLEND OF MAV/MET BUT TWEAKED UPWARD ESPECIALLY EASTERN
PORTION WHERE CLOUDS WILL HANG IN MOST OF THE NIGHT.

SENSIBLE WEATHER FCST FOR SATURDAY CONTINUES TO LOOK MILD AND DRY
WITHIN THE BROAD SOUTHWEST FLOW ALONG THE FRONT SIDE OF APPROACHING
L/WV. THE ONSET OF MOISTENING WAA FLOW NORTHEAST OF DEVELOPING GULF
COAST LOW PRESSURE IS STILL ON TRACK FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. 05/12 UTC
MODELS PROGGING THE ATMOSPHERE TO STILL BE PRETTY WEAKLY FORCED AT
THIS JUNCTURE AND EVEN THE NEW OP GFS IS TRENDING SLOWER WITH THE
NORTHWARD PROGRESS OF DEEPER MOISTURE AND PCPN BY 12 UTC SUNDAY.
SO...SENSIBLE WX FOR SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BE THICKENING CLOUDS WITH
JUST A FEW SHOWERS. SFC LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG
BAROCLINIC ZONE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WITH THE RESULTANT
CATEGORICAL RAINFALL CVRG. LATEST SHORT RANGE MODELS GIVING MIXED
SIGNALS WITH RESPECT TO PLACEMENT OF THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAIN AND
DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION. A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY PRETTY
MUCH EVERYWHERE ACRS THE CWFA...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...BUT IS INCONCLUSIVE IF AND WHERE ANY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
THREAT LIES.  WILL GO AHEAD AND RAISE POP TO CATEGORICAL FOR SUNDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING AND ADD HEAVY RAIN MENTION AS 05/09 UTC SREF
INDICATES GREATER THE 90 PERCENT PROBABILITY FOR MEASURABLE PCPN
PRETTY MUCH CWFA WIDE. DESPITE THE UNCERTAINTY AS FAR AS PLACEMENT
OF HEAVIEST RAIN...ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS CERTAINLY CAUSING THE
CHANCES FOR EXCESSIVE RAIN TO INCREASE...AND PLAN ON ISSUING FLOOD
POTENTIAL OUTLOOK. SHEAR PROFILES EXPECTEDLY STOUT SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...AND DEPENDING ON DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION...LOCAL
DAMAGING WIND THREAT COULD ARISE.
&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
COOLING IN THE WAKE OF DEPARTING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE COULD RESULT
IN SOME NC MTN HIGHER ELEVATION SNOWS FROM 06-12 UTC
MONDAY...OTHERWISE MODELS ARE TRENDING QUICKER WITH DEEP DRYING
MONDAY MORNING WITH LLVL RIDGING TRANSLATING ACRS THE CWFA
THROUGH THE DAY. PROGRESSIVE L/WV TROUGH WILL BE FEATURED ACRS THE
EASTERN U.S. TUESDAY WITH EMBEDDED FRONTAL SYSTEM SUPPORTED BY
MOSTLY CHANNELLED VORT ENERGY SWINGING THROUGH MAINLY OFF TO OUR
NORTH. BOTH THE 05/06 UTC AND 05/12 UTC OP GFS RUNS WOULD SUPPORT
NORTHERN NC MTN SNOW SHOWER CHANCES THIS PERIOD. UPPER FLOW QUICKLY
FLATTENS WEDNESDAY AS SFC RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE APPALACHIANS
FOLLOWED BY DEVELOPING UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. IT IS DEBATABLE ON HOW MUCH ATLANTIC MOISTURE
ADVECTS INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THROUGH THE END OF THE
WORKWEEK...BUT LARGE SCALE PATTERN WOULD SUPPORT THE PCPN-FREE
PERIOD CONTINUING.
&&

.AVIATION...
IFR CEILINGS WILL REMAIN ACROSS ALL TAF SITES OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS
FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING OUT AHEAD OF THE
COLD FRONT. KGSP RADAR SHOWS A LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM MOVING ACRS
WRN SC. TAFS WILL BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE THUNDER AS THE LINE
APPROACHES. VIS SHOULD BRIEFLY LOWER TO IFR WITH THE LINE/S PASSAGE.
OTHERWISE...IN THE WAKE OF THE CONVECTIVE LINE...CEILINGS AND VIS
SHOULD IMPROVE FOR A WHILE IN THE EVENING TO VFR. EVENTUALLY VIS IS
EXPECTED TO DROP BACK TO MVFR AS FOG DEVELOPS LATE THIS EVENING. THE
FOG SHOULD LIFT AROUND DAYBREAK AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN BRIEFLY.
&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...LG/CSH
LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...PM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 5, 5:35 AM EST, 9 hours 57 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, 12:43 PM EST, 2 hours 49 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, 1 hour 33 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
Local storm report, Jan 5, 2:39 PM EST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
239 PM EST FRI JAN 05 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0126 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BOWMAN                  34.20N 83.03W
01/05/2007                   ELBERT             GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES DOWN IN THE BOWMAN AREA. ALSO TREES DOWN IN
            CENTERVILLE AREA.

&&

MOORE
Local storm report, Jan 5, 2:55 PM EST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
255 PM EST FRI JAN 05 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0230 PM     TORNADO          LIBERTY                 34.79N 82.70W
01/05/2007                   PICKENS            SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            *** 4 INJ *** EIGHT CARS PILED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AT
            LIBERTY ELEMENTARY...PICKED UP BY THE WIND. ALSO...METAL
            AWNING OFF A GARAGE AND A POWER POLE DOWN.

&&

BSH
Local storm report, Jan 5, 3:08 PM EST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
308 PM EST FRI JAN 05 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0230 PM     TORNADO          LIBERTY                 34.79N 82.70W
01/05/2007                   PICKENS            SC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 15 INJ *** EIGHT CARS PILED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AT
            LIBERTY ELEMENTARY...PICKED UP BY THE WIND. ALSO...METAL
            AWNING OFF A GARAGE AND A POWER POLE DOWN. A BUILDING AND
            A FENCE BLOWN OVER NEAR THE FOOTBALL FIELD. 2 PEOPLE
            TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL- TOTAL OF 15 PEOPLE RECEIVED
            MINOR INJURIES. EYEWITNESS CONFIRMED SMALL TORNADO.

&&

MOORE
Local storm report, Jan 5, 3:23 PM EST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
323 PM EST FRI JAN 05 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0250 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAURENS                 34.50N 82.03W
01/05/2007                   LAURENS            SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TOPS OF TREES BLOWN DOWN AND ACROSS ROAB WAY IN LAURENS.

&&

BSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 12:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee68 min
Jan 5, 2:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson, Greenwood57 min
Jan 5, 2:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPickens45 min
Jan 5, 2:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Laurens, Spartanburg66 min
Jan 5, 2:46 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPGreenville32 min
Jan 5, 3:09 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPSpartanburg39 min
Jan 5, 3:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion40 min
Jan 5, 4:16 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPYork14 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.