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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 23, 2007Habersham County, Stephens County, Georgia; Oconee County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Oct 23, 2007, 7:48 PM EDT for Habersham County, Stephens County, Georgia; Oconee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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: Oct 23, 2007, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired: Oct 23, 2007, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Habersham County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Oconee County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 23, 7:57 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ne Toccoa, GA	STEPHENS COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED 2 TREES DOWN...ONE ON SCENIC ROAD AND ONE ON HIGHWAY 184. ALSO A POWER LINE DOWN ON LAKE LOUISE ROAD.
Oct 23, 8:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mountain Rest, SC	TWO TREES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 178 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KGSP 232348
TORGSP
GAC137-257-SCC073-240030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0013.071023T2348Z-071024T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
748 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  EASTERN HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  NORTHERN OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 744 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES EAST OF
  CLARKESVILLE...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF TURNERVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TURNERVILLE AROUND 750 PM EDT...
  TALLULAH FALLS AROUND 755 PM EDT...
  LONG CREEK AROUND 810 PM EDT...
  MOUNTAIN REST AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALHALLA AROUND 825 PM
  EDT...
  8 MILES WEST OF SALEM AROUND 830 PM EDT...

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. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

TO REPORT TORNADOES...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 3473 8348 3471 8335 3479 8333 3482 8327
      3488 8324 3493 8313 3500 8309 3505 8290
      3499 8294 3495 8290 3486 8290 3453 8341
      3466 8356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 227DEG 27KT 3466 8340

$$
07

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 240007
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
807 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

GAC137-257-240017-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-071024T0030Z/
STEPHENS GA-HABERSHAM GA-
807 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HABERSHAM AND NORTHWESTERN
STEPHENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3479 8333 3482 8327 3488 8324 3494 8311
      3500 8309 3505 8290 3499 8294 3495 8290
      3486 8290 3463 8326 3468 8335
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 227DEG 27KT 3476 8327

$$

SCC073-240030-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-071024T0030Z/
OCONEE SC-
807 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
OCONEE COUNTY...

AT 805 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LONG CREEK...OR
ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLAYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MOUNTAIN REST AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALHALLA BY 825 PM EDT...
  8 MILES WEST OF SALEM BY 830 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 3479 8333 3482 8327 3488 8324 3494 8311
      3500 8309 3505 8290 3499 8294 3495 8290
      3486 8290 3463 8326 3468 8335
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 227DEG 27KT 3476 8327

$$
07

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 240021
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
821 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

SCC073-240030-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-071024T0030Z/
OCONEE SC-
821 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
OCONEE COUNTY...

AT 818 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MOUNTAIN REST...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF WALHALLA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES WEST OF SALEM BY 830 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 3479 8333 3482 8327 3488 8324 3494 8311
      3500 8309 3505 8290 3499 8294 3495 8290
      3486 8290 3463 8326 3468 8335
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 227DEG 27KT 3483 8318

$$
07

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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.