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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 23, 2007Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Oct 23, 2007, 8:31 PM EDT for Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 44 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: Oct 23, 2007, 8:31 PM EDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired: Oct 23, 2007, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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
Oct 23, 9:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	13 Nnw Pickens, SC	COUNTY COMMS REPORTS TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 178 NEAR ROCKY BOTTOM. STATE PARK OFFICIAL REPORTS 2-3 INCH LIMBS BLOWN DOWN ALONG HWY 178 NEAR THE NC BORDER.

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado 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 nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 239 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KGSP 240031
TORGSP
SCC073-077-240115-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0014.071024T0031Z-071024T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 827 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF
  WALHALLA...OR ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF SALEM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LAKE KEOWEE AROUND 830 PM EDT...
  SALEM AROUND 835 PM EDT...
  NINE TIMES AND LAKE JOCASSEE AROUND 845 PM EDT...
  ROCKY BOTTOM AROUND 900 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 3502 8301 3509 8277 3507 8278 3504 8273
      3506 8269 3505 8264 3507 8258 3502 8259
      3477 8303 3491 8316
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 242DEG 27KT 3490 8300

$$
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3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 240050
SVSGSP

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

SCC073-077-240115-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-071024T0115Z/
PICKENS SC-OCONEE SC-
851 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OCONEE AND NORTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTIES...

AT 848 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF NINE
TIMES...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PICKENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCKY BOTTOM BY 900 PM EDT...
  PUMPKINTOWN BY 910 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3502 8301 3509 8277 3507 8278 3504 8273
      3506 8269 3505 8264 3507 8258 3502 8259
      3477 8303 3491 8316
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 242DEG 27KT 3497 8284

$$
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000 
WWUS52 KGSP 240105
SVSGSP

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

SCC073-240115-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-071024T0115Z/
OCONEE SC-
905 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3500 8291 3505 8289 3509 8278 3504 8273
      3506 8269 3505 8264 3507 8258 3502 8259
      3485 8290 3495 8290 3499 8294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 231DEG 26KT 3500 8285

$$

SCC077-240115-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-071024T0115Z/
PICKENS SC-
905 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY...

AT 901 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF NINE
TIMES...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF PICKENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCKY BOTTOM BY 910 PM EDT...
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUMPKINTOWN BY 915 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 3500 8291 3505 8289 3509 8278 3504 8273
      3506 8269 3505 8264 3507 8258 3502 8259
      3485 8290 3495 8290 3499 8294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 231DEG 26KT 3500 8285

$$
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000 
WWUS52 KGSP 240114
SVSGSP

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

SCC077-240124-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-071024T0115Z/
PICKENS SC-
914 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915
PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3500 8291 3505 8289 3509 8278 3504 8273
      3506 8269 3505 8264 3507 8258 3502 8259
      3485 8290 3495 8290 3499 8294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 231DEG 26KT 3504 8279

$$
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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 Oct 23, 2:53 PM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 2:53 PM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
253 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BEFORE BEGINNING TO LIFT NORTHWARD
EARLY THURSDAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE
FORECAST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH GENERALLY UNSETTLED
CONDITIONS PERSISTING DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
SHOWERS REDEVELOPING OVER THE MTNS WHERE UPGLIDE IS BEST...AND TO
OUR SOUTHEAST WHERE INSTABILITY BEST. EXPECT NUMEROUS SHOWERS OVER
THE MTNS AND SCATTERED ELSEWHERE INTO THE EVENING. STILL CANNOT RULE
OUT A SHOWER OR TWO DEVELOPING INTO A THUNDERSTORM. MODELS AGREE
THAT UPPER LOW MOVES SLOWLY SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE PERIOD.
HOWEVER...THERE IS CONSIDERABLE DISAGREEMENT ON WHERE THE LOW...COLD
FRONT AND THE RESULTANT LOW LEVEL INFLOW AND DEEP LIFT END UP. WILL
GO WITH A BLEND BETWEEN THE NAM AND GFS WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY THE
CANADIAN MODEL AND THE UKMET. DECENT FORCING SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE
MTNS THIS EVENING SO HAVE THE LIKELY POP THERE WITH SCT POP
ELSEWHERE. DEEPER MOISTURE MOVES INTO THE AREA ALONG WITH DECENT LOW
LEVEL LIFT AFTER MIDNIGHT...SO HAVE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS FROM THE BLUE
RIDGE WEST...NUMEROUS ALONG I-85 AND SCATTERED TO THE EAST. LOW
TEMPS SHOULD AGAIN BE QUITE MILD AROUND 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL.

FOR WED...DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW MOVES INTO THE AREA AS THE UPPER LOW
SLOWLY AND RIDGE AXIS SLOWLY MOVE EAST. SHOULD SEE SOME SUPPORT FROM
DIVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER JET. STRONG MOISTURE INFLUX
EXPECTED AS STRONG H85 WINDS MOVE INTO THE AREA. WILL BE SOME WEAK
INSTABILITY AS WELL...MAINLY NEAR THE I-77 CORRIDOR. FOR NOW...WILL
GO NO HIGHER THAN LIKELY POP SINCE THERE IS DISAGREEMENT ON TIMING
FOR BEST PRECIP CHC. DID INCLUDE CHC THUNDER FOR THE AFTERNOON.
ANOTHER DAY OF TRICKY HIGH TEMP FORECAST. REJECTED COOLER MAV TEMPS
BASED ON ITS FASTER TIMING. HIGHS SHOULD BE COOLER THAN TODAY...BUT
CANNOT RULE OUT SOME NEAR 80 NUMBERS IN THE AREA EAST OF I-77 AND
SOUTH OF I-85.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
IN ALL HONESTY...IT/S POSSIBLE THAT AN ORANGUTAN WITH A DARTBOARD
COULD PROVIDE JUST AS PLAUSIBLE A FORECAST FOR THE LATTER HALF OF
THE WEEK AS I CAN. THE 12Z GFS IS APPROXIMATELY 48 HOURS FASTER THAN
THE 06Z RUN IN SWEEPING OCCLUDED FRONTAL BAND/DEEP LAYER MOISTURE
EAST OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING. (PREVIOUS RUN HAD THE WET
WEATHER CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST SAT AFTERNOON.) THIS OCCURS AS
THE STRONG UPPER VORTEX LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE TENN VALLEY.
MEANWHILE...THE NAM IS FURTHER WEST WITH THE POSITION OF THE UPPER
LOW...RESULTING IN THE DEEP MOISTURE BAND REMAINING OVER THE
CAROLINAS THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. HPC PREFERS THE COMPROMISE
SOLUTION OFFERED BY THE GEM/ UKMET/LATEST ECMWF. FOR OUR PURPOSES...
IT APPEARS THAT A NAM/GFS BLEND IS A GOOD COMPROMISE TO THE HPC
COMPROMISE. WITH THIS IN MIND...IT APPEARS THAT THE BEST CHANCE OF
RAIN WILL EXIST WED NIGHT...AS SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPS IN
RESPONSE TO DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE TO OUR WEST...AND ENERGY ROTATING
AROUND THE UPPER LOW PROVIDES SOME UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. HOWEVER...WE
DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT CONFIDENCE ATTM TO FORECAST THE CATEGORICAL
POPS SUGGESTED BY NUMERICAL GUIDANCE. TEMPS WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE
DURING THIS TIME...BUT NOT AS MUCH AS ONE MAY THINK. WHILE THE GFS
BLASTS THE COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA ON THURSDAY...THE NAM
INDICATES COLD AIR DAMMING DEVELOPING IN SITU ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD
LOW CLOUDS/ PRECIP. AS A RESULT...MAV AND MET MAX TEMPS ARE QUITE
SIMILAR.

UNCERTAINTY REGARDING POPS/TEMPS INCREASES EXPONENTIALLY WITH TIME
THROUGH THE LATTER PART OF THE SHORT TERM...SO WE HAVE MADE LITTLE
CHANGE TO THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST...FEATURING CHANCE POPS WITH
COOL DAYS AND RELATIVELY WARM NIGHTS.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM EDT TUESDAY...THE LATEST GFS SHENANIGANS HAVE REQUIRED
SOME LAST SECOND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EXTENDED RANGE. A CONSENSUS OF
GLOBAL MODELS WOULD SUGGEST MUCH OF THE AREA WILL BE DRY ON
SATURDAY...AS THE UPPER LOW IS FINALLY PICKED UP BY THE NORTHERN
STREAM AND KICKED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTRY. THE
ECMWF SUGGESTS THE DEEP MOISTURE BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT
WILL NOT BE THROUGH THE EASTERN ZONES UNTIL SAT AFTERNOON...SO LOW
CHANCE POPS WILL BE RETAINED THERE FOR THE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING
HOURS. ONCE THE UPPER LOW IS OUT OF THE PICTURE...THE MODELS TEND TO
AGREE ON A TRANSITION TO A FLAT...ZONAL PATTERN WITH DRY HIGH
PRESSURE IN CONTROL FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
CONDITIONS IMPROVING TO VFR OVER SC BUT WILL BE SLOWER TO IMPROVE
OVER NC. EXPECT ALL AREAS TO DROP BACK TO MVFR CIGS AFTER SUNSET
THEN DOWN TO IFR AFTER MIDNIGHT AS LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMES FAVORABLE
FOR LOW CLOUDS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS OVER THE MTNS COULD BRIEFLY
RESTRICT VSBY AT KAVL THIS EVENING. EXPECT AT LEAST MVFR VSBY
OVERNIGHT AT ALL SITES. SHOWERS BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AFTER MIDNIGHT
AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WED. EXPECT A SLIGHT
IMPROVEMENT TO MVFR CIGS LATE WED MORNING. VSBY IMPROVEMENT WILL
DEPEND ON THE AMOUNT OF SHOWERS DEVELOPING...BUT COULD REMAIN MVFR
AS WELL.

OUTLOOK TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
WIDESPREAD MVFR TO POSSIBLY IFR RESTRICTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT
CONFIDENCE IS LOW.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...BSH
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...JDL
LONG TERM...JDL
AVIATION...RWH

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 23, 4:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
423 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-242030-
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-
423 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
AREA THIS EVENING. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...AN
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUST CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

.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.

LANE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 23, 3:42 PM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
342 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

SCZ014-232015-
CHESTER-
342 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN CHESTER COUNTY THROUGH
415 PM EDT...

AT 339 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GREAT FALLS...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LANCASTER...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CEDAR CREEK
  RESERVOIR...GREAT FALLS RESERVOIR...FISHING CREEK RESERVOIR...GREAT
  FALLS AND FORT LAWN.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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Special weather statement, Oct 23, 4:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
423 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

NCZ082-232115-
UNION-
423 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN UNION COUNTY THROUGH 515
PM EDT...

AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF WAXHAW...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF
LANCASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MINERAL
  SPRINGS...UNIONVILLE...WEDDINGTON...WAXHAW...STALLINGS...MONROE...
  INDIAN TRAIL AND FAIRVIEW.

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

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Special weather statement, Oct 23, 6:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
641 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

GAZ010-017-232345-
HABERSHAM-RABUN-
641 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES
THROUGH 745 PM EDT...

AT 639 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLEVELAND...OR 13 MILES EAST OF DAHLONEGA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
  RABUN...NACOOHE LAKE...LAKE BURTON...TURNERVILLE...TIGER...TALLULAH
  FALLS...SKY VALLEY...PINE MOUNTAIN...MOUNTAIN CITY...MOCCASIN CREEK
  STATE PARK...LAKEMONT...HOLLYWOOD...DILLARD...DEMOREST...CLAYTON...
  CLARKESVILLE AND BATESVILLE.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

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Special weather statement, Oct 23, 7:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
719 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

GAZ018-026-232345-
FRANKLIN-STEPHENS-
719 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN AND STEPHENS COUNTIES
THROUGH 745 PM EDT...

AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLARKESVILLE TO
ARCADE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WHITWORTH...TOCCOA...ROYSTON...MARTIN...LAVONIA...FRANKLIN
  SPRINGS...EASTANOLEE...CARNESVILLE...BOYDVILLE AND AVALON.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

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Special weather statement, Oct 23, 7:44 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
744 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ062>064-SCZ001-002-004-005-240045-
FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-HABERSHAM-MACON-OCONEE
MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SOUTHERN
JACKSON-STEPHENS-TRANSYLVANIA-
744 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN HABERSHAM...EASTERN
RABUN...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...OCONEE...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...
SOUTHEASTERN MACON...STEPHENS...WESTERN PICKENS AND WESTERN
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM EDT...

AT 739 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLAYTON TO 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HOMER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TOCCOA BY 750 PM EDT.
  EASTANOLEE BY 755 PM EDT.
  HIGHLANDS BY 805 PM EDT.
  WHITWORTH BY 810 PM EDT.
  LAKE HARTWELL BY 815 PM EDT.
  CASHIERS BY 820 PM EDT.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 23, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee, Pickens	46 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.