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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

September 14, 2007Greenville County, Laurens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 14, 2007, 7:21 PM EDT for Greenville County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 39 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
Sep 14, 2007, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Greenville County, SC, Laurens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 14, 7:44 PM EDTTORNADO7 Wnw Laurens, SCONE MOBILE HOME OFF FOUNDATION, AND TIE DOWN STRAPS PULLED OUT OF GROUND. ONE HOUSE LOST ITS ROOF, CHIMNEY, AND WINDOWS.

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 tornado warning; the first came 23 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 252 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 2007-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 384 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 2007-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
384 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KGSP 142321
TORGSP
SCC045-059-150000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0011.070914T2321Z-070915T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
721 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 716 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES EAST OF
  ANDERSON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF HICKORY TAVERN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HICKORY TAVERN AROUND 735 PM EDT...
  GRAY COURT AROUND 750 PM EDT...

TORNADOES IN THE CAROLINAS ARE OFTEN OBSCURED BY 
RAIN...HAZE...TREES...AND TERRAIN. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE THE TORNADO 
BEFORE SEEKING SHELTER. BY THE TIME YOU SEE IT...IT MAY BE TOO LATE 
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER. 
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME 
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS.

LAT...LON 3472 8206 3469 8205 3464 8194 3463 8194
      3459 8189 3458 8187 3459 8186 3457 8182
      3448 8231 3459 8243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 245DEG 24KT 3452 8231

$$

NED
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 142334
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
733 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

SCC045-059-150000-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070915T0000Z/
LAURENS SC-GREENVILLE SC-
733 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE AND NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTIES...

AT 730 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HICKORY TAVERN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF LAURENS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GRAY COURT BY 750 PM EDT...
  ORA BY 800 PM EDT...

TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. PEOPLE IN
THE WARNED AREA SHOULD PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR THIS TORNADO. MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS.

LAT...LON 3472 8206 3469 8205 3464 8194 3463 8194
      3459 8189 3458 8187 3459 8186 3457 8182
      3448 8231 3459 8243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 245DEG 24KT 3455 8222

$$

NED
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 142349
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
747 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

SCC045-142357-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070915T0000Z/
GREENVILLE SC-
747 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED EAST 
INTO NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH.

LAT...LON 3454 8223 3458 8223 3468 8218 3472 8207
      3469 8205 3464 8194 3459 8189 3458 8187
      3459 8186 3457 8182 3448 8231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 260DEG 19KT 3453 8214

$$

SCC059-150000-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070915T0000Z/
LAURENS SC-
747 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
LAURENS COUNTY...

AT 744 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HICKORY TAVERN...
OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF LAURENS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GRAY COURT BY 755 PM EDT...
  LAURENS AND ORA BY 800 PM EDT...

TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. PEOPLE IN
THE WARNED AREA SHOULD PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR THIS TORNADO. MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS.

LAT...LON 3454 8223 3458 8223 3468 8218 3472 8207
      3469 8205 3464 8194 3459 8189 3458 8187
      3459 8186 3457 8182 3448 8231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 260DEG 19KT 3453 8214

$$

NED

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Sep 14, 2:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 2:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
THE REMNANTS OF HUMBERTO WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AND AFFECT THE
FORECAST AREA INTO TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA FROM
THE NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY...WITH COOL AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING
IN BEHIND IT THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.+MOST MOUNTAIN
LOCATIONS AND THE NC FOOTHILLS HAVE DOME VERY WELL WITH
RAINFALL...GENERALLY IN THE 1-3 INCH RANGE. EXPECT COVERAGE TO
INCREASE CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND NC PIEDMONT DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AS A CONVECTIVE CLUSTER FROM REMANTS OF HUMBERTO
MOVES E. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS
AND CAN NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM STORM OR
TWO...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT WHERE CAPES HAVE
POOLED TO ABOVE 1000J. FRONTAL WAVE AND FIRST FRONT WILL PUSH S OF
THE FORECAST AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT ALONG WITH ATTENDANT
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT WHICH WILL PROVIDE A REAL AIRMASS CHANGE FOR SATURDAY.
CLOUDS WILL SCATTER LATE TONIGHT AS DEEP LAYER DRYING COMMENCES...SO
AND WILL FORECAST SUNNY CONDITIONS FOR SAT. WILL USE A BLEND OF MOS
FOR MIN/MAX TEMPERATURES.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
HAVE MADE LITTLE CHANGE TO THE GOING SENSIBLE WX FCST FOR SUNDAY AS
IT REMAINS DEBATABLE THAT S/WV ENERGY ROTATING THROUGH BASE ON MEAN
EASTERN CONUS L/WV CAN TRIGGER ANY SHOWERS WITHIN DRY AIRMASS. SFC
RIDGING NOSED SWWD INTO THE CWFA STILL EXPECTED TO PROMOTE BELOW
NORMAL MAX TEMPS. THE PATTERN IS STILL PROGGED TO AMPLIFY ON
MONDAY...WITH THE CWFA UNDER MORE NORTHERLY FLOW AND CONTINUED
SUBSIDENT AIRMASS ALONG FRONTSIDE OF BUILDING RIDGE OFF THE OUR
WEST. SFC RIDGE ORIENTATION EXPECTED TO REMAIN PERSISTENT PROVIDING
DRY LLVLS AND MAX TEMPS STILL A BIT BELOW MID-SEPTEMBER NORMALS.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
EVEN THE AGGRESSIVE 14/12 UTC OP GFS SOLUTION KEEPS THE DEEP
MOISTURE BAND AND SHOWER CHANCES CLOSER TO THE COASTAL FRONT
POSITION ON TUESDAY...LEAVING THE WESTERN CAROLINAS STILL WITHIN
DEEPER DRYING AND ONGOING SFC RIDGING. WILL PLAN ON A PERSISTENCE/00
UTC ECMWF BLEND FOR THE WEDNESDAY FCST...WITH SHOWER CHANCES STILL
CLOSER TO THE COAST. FCSTR CONFIDENCE STILL REMAINS LOW FOR THE END
OF THE WORKWEEK WITH TEMPS/CLOUDS/SHOWER CHANCES DEPENDANT ON AMOUNT
OF ATLANTIC MOISTURE/EASTERLY FLOW AND TRACK OF RETROGRADING UPPER
LOW. FELT IT BEST TO STICK CLOSE TO A CLIMO/PERSISTENCE FCST FOR
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BASED ON THE UNCERTAINTY.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BETWEEN 18Z AND 00Z AT ALL TAF
SITES. OF COURSE...KAVL HAS BEEN IN THE LINE OF SIGNIFCANT RAINFALL
SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE FOR SEVERAL MORE
HOURS. CONVECTIVE CLUSTER FROM REMNANTS OF HUMBERTO HAS MOVED INTO N
GA AND WILL CROSS THER WESTERN CAROLINAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. MVFR CEILINGS WILL OCCASIONALLY LOWER TO IFR IN HEAVY
SHOWERS. WILL INCLUDE TEMPO THUNDER AT KAND AND KCLT WHERE MODELS
SHOW BEST INSTABILITY/CAPE WITH AN INLCUSION OF CB ELSEWHERE. LOOKS
LIKE SHOWERS WILL EXIT AREA BETWEEN 00Z AND 03Z. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL REMAIN PLENTIFUL...SO EXPECT SOME AREAS OF STRATUS
AND FOG TO DEVELOP BY 06Z...DESPITE WEAK DOWNSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPING.
KAVL IS EXPECTED TO GO TO LIFR AND OTHER TAF SITES MVFR TO IFR.
LOOKS LIKE FOG SHOULD MIX OUT OF ALL AIRPORTS 13-14Z ON SAT...THEN
VFR.

OUTLOOK SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR
WEEKEND AND THE FIRST PART OF THE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM
THE NW. THE HIGH SHOULD MOVE TO THE ATLNATIC COAST ON MONDAY.
ATLANTIC MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE BY MIDWEEK WITH SOME LOW
CLOUDINESS AND POSSIBLY SOME SHOWERS BY WED.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...CSH
NEAR TERM...LG
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...LG
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 14, 5:29 AM EDT, 13 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
529 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-151000-
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-
529 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND THIS
EVENING...EMBEDDED WITHIN WIDESPREAD RAIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY
WINDS...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

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, Sep 14, 2:11 PM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
211 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

NCZ036-056-141900-
CATAWBA-IREDELL-
211 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL IREDELL AND NORTHEASTERN
CATAWBA COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CONOVER...OR 4 MILES NORTH OF NEWTON...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLAREMONT BY 220 PM EDT.
  LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE BY 230 PM EDT.
  STATESVILLE BY 255 PM EDT.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM IS SHOWING INDICATIONS OF WEAK ROTATION. THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THIS STORM VERY CLOSELY AS IT MOVES
ACROSS CATAWBA AND IREDELL COUNTIES.

LANE
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 2:34 PM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
234 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

NCZ036-141915-
IREDELL-
234 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY THROUGH
315 PM EDT...

AT 231 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST
OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STATESVILLE BY 300 PM EDT.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM CONTINUES TO SHOW INDICATIONS OF WEAK TO MODERATE
ROTATION. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS
STORM VERY CLOSELY AS IT APPROACHES THE STATESVILLE AREA.

LANE
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 3:16 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
316 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

NCZ036-142000-
IREDELL-
316 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY THROUGH
400 PM EDT...

AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TROUTMAN...OR 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF STATESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STATESVILLE BY 325 PM EDT.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

NED
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 3:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

NCZ037-057-142030-
DAVIE-ROWAN-
328 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN ROWAN AND SOUTHERN
DAVIE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF CLEVELAND...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MOCKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COOLEEMEE AND MOCKSVILLE BY 335 PM EDT.
  FORK CHURCH BY 345 PM EDT.

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/SBK
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 4:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
440 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

SCZ001-004-142130-
GREATER OCONEE-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
440 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTY THROUGH
530 PM EDT...

AT 434 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF WESTMINSTER...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF
WALHALLA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SENECA BY 450 PM EDT.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

NED
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 6:30 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
630 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

SCZ010-142315-
ANDERSON-
630 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY THROUGH
715 PM EDT...

AT 626 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ANDERSON BY 635 PM EDT.
  5 MILES NORTH OF BROADWAY LAKE BY 645 PM EDT.
  BELTON BY 700 PM EDT.
  WILLIAMSTON BY 705 PM EDT.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

NED

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 6:39 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPAnderson51 min
Sep 14, 7:56 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPLaurens49 min

Nearby

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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.