Dust Devil, Rabun
- When
- April 29, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rabun County, 10.5 mi SSE of Clayton
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.740, -83.329
Dust Devil in Georgia, April 29, 2007
A dust devil blew two people from a canoe and flipped another canoe on Lake Tugalo.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A dust devil blew two people from a canoe and flipped another canoe on Lake Tugalo.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 29, 1:47 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 1:47 PM EST, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
247 PM EDT SUN APR 29 2007
.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
A CLEAR AND SEASONABLY MILD NIGHT IS ON TAP FOR THE CWFA AS SFC
RIDGING BUILDS TOWARD THE REGION AND THE SOUTHEAST REMAINS UNDER DRY
NW FLOW ALOFT. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE PATTERN IS EXPECTED FOR MONDAY
AS UPPER HEIGHTS RISE SOME AND THE LLVL FLOW TAKES ON A MORE
WESTERLY COMPONENT ALBEIT OF A WEAKER MAGNITUDE. EXPECT MAX TEMPS
ABOUT A CATEGORY ABOVE TODAY/S READINGS...OR ABOUT 8-10 DEG F WARMER
THAN LATE APRIL NORMALS.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES WEATHER ON TUESDAY WITH HIGH TEMPS IN
THE UPPER 80S IN THE PIEDMONT. THE RIDGE BREAKS DOWN ENOUGH ON
WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT THAT WILL STALL OUT OVER
THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. FOLLOWING PREFERRED GFS CAPES
ON WEDNESDAY IN THE 600 TO 800 RANGE WILL PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE ENTIRE CWA. AFTER THAT MORE STABLE AIR REDUCE CAPES TO
NEAR ZERO BUT THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH FORCING FROM RESIDUAL FRONT
TO KEEP CHANCE SHOWERS IN THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE FORCAST.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z-18Z/...
AFTER SOME LOW AMPLITUDE GUSTS AT THE TERMINAL LOCATIONS THIS
AFTERNOON...WIND WILL DIMINISH TOWARD EVENING AND REMAIN LESS
THAN 10 KTS FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD. FEW CU THIS AFTERNOON
WILL DISSIPATE BY THIS EVENING AND JUST SOME CI IS EXPECTED
MONDAY MORNING.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
LOW FUEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ACRS THE REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE A BIT LESS THAN WHAT WE ARE SEEING
TODAY...A PERIOD OF CRITICAL RH IS PROBABLE ACRS MOST AREAS. AT THIS
JUNCTURE...THE DURATION AND CVRG OF CRITICAL RH ACRS NE GA DOES NOT
MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA...BUT CERTAINLY THIS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ010-017-
018-026-028-029.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...VAD
AVIATION...CSH
FIRE WEATHER...CSHHazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 3:32 AM EST, 10 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 432 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2007 NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-300845- 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- 432 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2007 ...HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FIRE DANGER STATEMENT .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ001>014-019-300845- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 432 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-300845- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 432 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. RED FLAG WARNING .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HG
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Dust Devil
- A small rotating column of dust from surface heating that caused damage or injury.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, April 29, 2007
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, April 29 to 30, 2007
- Damaging Winds in Montana, April 29, 2007
- Hail in Texas, April 29, 2007
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, April 29, 2007
- Wildfire in California, April 29 to 30, 2007
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, April 29, 2007
- Hail in Illinois, April 29, 2007
- Hail in Wisconsin, April 29, 2007
- Hail in Texas, April 29, 2007
- Damaging Wind in Montana, April 29, 2007
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, April 2007
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 29605.