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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 5, 2007Gaston County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 5, 2007, 4:47 PM EST for Gaston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 19 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, 4:47 PM EST (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 2007, 5:06 PM EST
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gaston County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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°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 
WFUS52 KGSP 052147
TORGSP
NCC071-052215-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0005.070105T2147Z-070105T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
447 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 515 PM EST

* AT 442 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES EAST OF
  DALLAS...OR ABOUT OVER GASTONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE AROUND 455 PM EST...

THIS RAPIDLY MOVING TORNADO WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN AND
VERY LITTLE OR NO LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE THE TORNADO BEFORE
SEEKING SHELTER. IT WILL LIKELY 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.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3536 8124 3521 8112 3533 8095 3541 8096

$$

RWH/NED
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 052150
SVSGSP

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

NCC071-052215-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070105T2215Z/
GASTON NC-
450 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EST FOR EASTERN
GASTON COUNTY...

AT 446 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STANLEY...OR ABOUT
8 MILES NORTHEAST OF GASTONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LUCIA AND MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE BY 455 PM EST...

THIS RAPIDLY MOVING TORNADO WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN AND
VERY LITTLE OR NO LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE THE TORNADO BEFORE
SEEKING SHELTER. IT WILL LIKELY 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 3536 8124 3521 8112 3533 8095 3541 8096

$$

RWH/NED
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 052206
SVSGSP

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

NCC071-052214-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070105T2215Z/
GASTON NC-
505 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN GASTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS 
WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST OF GASTON COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3536 8124 3521 8112 3533 8095 3541 8096

$$

NED

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 5:37 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPCabarrus19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.