A line of severe thunderstorms moved across extreme northeast Georgia.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A line of severe thunderstorms moved across extreme northeast Georgia.
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 Jan 5, 12:46 PM EST, 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1246 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/... TEXT PRODUCTS WILL BE UPDATED FOR NEW TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5. THE FORECAST IS GENERALLY IN GOOD SHAPE WITH EARLIER UPDATE HAVING RAISED POP AND ADDED THUNDER. THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL BE TAKEN TO GO ALL THE WAY EAST WITH THE CATEGORICAL POP...AND SOME SEVERE WORDING WILL ALSO BE ADDED ACROSS THE SRN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. OTHERWISE...MINOR TWEAKS TO THE GRIDS FOR DEWPT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1010 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007/ SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/... SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...ROUGHLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE IN SC THEN CUTTING NORTH OF METRO CLT. RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST THAT PRECIP CHANCES ARE TOO LOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. WARM FRONTAL PRECIP WILL ACCOUNT FOR A LIKELY POP ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT ZONES AND APPROACHING PRE- COLD FRONTAL CONVECTIVE BAND WILL ACCOUNT FOR CATEGORICAL POP OVER THE WRN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. WILL ALSO ADD A CHANCE OF THUNDER ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA OWING TO WEAK INSTABILITY IN THE WARM SECTOR. TEMPS LOOK OK FOR THE MOST PART BUT NEED TO BE ADJUSTED UPWARD A FEW DEGREES OVER THE NC FOOTHILLS WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH BY 18Z AT THE LATEST. THE OBVIOUS CONCERN IS THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL NOW THAT OUR WARM FRONT IS LIFTING NORTH. FORTUNATELY...WE SHOULD NOT BREAK OUT SO SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED. HOWEVER...0-3KM WIND SHEAR WILL PROBABLY BE GREATER THAN 40KT AS THE CONVECTION MOVES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...WHICH IS ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRIEF TORNADOES IN A QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM. ALTHO THE LATEST TOR WATCH IS JUST TO THE S OF THE CWA...A BRIEF TORNADO WILL NOT BE RULED OUT ALONG AND S OF I-85. THIS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED IN A SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK WHICH WILL BE UPDATED MIDDAY IF NECESSARY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 244 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... A CLOSED UPPER LOW IN THE SOUTHERN STREAM WILL OPEN UP AND LIFT NORTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE OVER AND EAST COAST SURFACE RIDGE WILL DIMINISH AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH OVER THE AREA...RESULTING IN LESS PRECIPITATION COVERAGE. A WEAK COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER SHORTWAVE...FORMERLY THE LOW...WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT WITH LIMITED MOISTURE AS GULF INFLOW DECREASES. ALTHOUGH SOIL MOISTURE AND RIVER LEVELS ARE ELEVATED FROM RECENT RAINS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LOW ENOUGH TO KEEP FLOODING FROM BEING MUCH OF A PROBLEM. THE MODELS DISAGREE ON THE AMOUNT OF WIND AT 850 MB WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH THE GFS RATHER STRONG ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. USING A BLEND OF MODEL SURFACE WINDS KEEPS THE AREA OUT OF LAKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. LIMITED INSTABILITY SUPPORTS A CHANCE OF THUNDER ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA THIS AFTERNOON...BUT ALTHOUGH VERTICAL SPEED SHEAR EXISTS...AT THIS TIME THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVER WEATHER IS EAST OF THE AREA IN BETTER INSTABILITY. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN WARM ADVECTION. BY SATURDAY MORNING OUR AREA IS IN A DRYING WESTERLY FLOW...KEEPING TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN. A MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE AS AN AMPLIFYING LONG WAVE TROUGH PROGRESSES ACROSS THE CONTINENT...TO EVENTUALLY TAKE UP RESIDENCE ALONG THE EAST COAST. A SHORTWAVE TRAVELING THROUGH THIS LONGWAVE WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE SATURDAY . AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE WAVE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO SATURDAY NIGHT...SPREADING MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA BY SUNDAY. UPSLOPE FLOW ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SURFACE WAVE SUPPORTS RATHER HEAVY RAINFALL ON SUNDAY...AND THE SITUATION WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSELY WATCHED FOR EXCESSIVE RAIN. MODEL INSTABILITY AGAIN MAKES ITS APPEARANCE IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES ON SUNDAY...BUT WITH COOLER SURFACE TEMPERATURES FORECAST IN AN ONGOING RAIN EVENT...THUNDER WILL NOT BE CARRIED IN THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. MODEL 850 MB WINDS ARE RATHER STRONG AGAIN SUNDAY...BUT ARE PARALLEL TO AND JUST EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURFACE WAVE CROSSES THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT THICKNESS LOWERS FAST...SUPPORTING SNOW SHOWERS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...THOUGH THE MODELS DIFFER CONSIDERABLY ON HOW MUCH MOISTURE LINGERS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... THE LATEST RUNS OF THE GFS AND ECMWF COMPARE FAVORABLY AT 500 MB THROUGH TUESDAY...AND THE SURFACE PATTERN OF THE GFS SUPPORTS THE CURRENT MEDIUM RANGE SOLUTION FORM HPC. THE ONLY CHANGE MADE TO THE LOCAL MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST WAS TO LOWER SKY COVER BEHIND THE DEPARTING EAST COAST FRONT. A DRY RIDGE WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO JUST ABOVE NORMAL IN LOWER HEIGHTS ALOFT DUE THE EAST COAST TROUGH. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MOORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 535 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-061100- 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- 535 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WIND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FROM ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 838 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ068>072-082-SCZ001>014-019-051800- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-CABARRUS-CHEROKEE-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-ELBERT- FRANKLIN-GASTON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREENWOOD-HABERSHAM-HART-LAURENS-LINCOLN- MECKLENBURG-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SPARTANBURG- STEPHENS-UNION-YORK- 100 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... A WEAK WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND METRO CHARLOTTE THIS MORNING...ALLOWING UNSEASONABLY WARM AND HUMID AIR TO MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH. MEANWHILE...AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND STRONG UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE SHOULD MAINTAIN A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. BY NOON...THE LINE OF STORMS WILL APPROACH EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BECOME MARGINALLY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE AREA MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS THE AREA TO THE SOUTH OF TOCCOA...ANDERSON...LAURENS...AND ROCK HILL. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA FROM MIDDAY THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON...AND THEN THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY FROM ELBERTON TO ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL GO DOWN BY THE EARLY EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS IN FROM THE WEST. STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. MOORE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1147 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ036-037-056-057-062>065-068>072-082- 507>510-SCZ001>014-019-052200- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-CABARRUS-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-DAVIE- EASTERN POLK-ELBERT-FRANKLIN-GASTON-GREATER GREENVILLE- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREENWOOD-HABERSHAM-HART-HENDERSON-IREDELL- LAURENS-LINCOLN-MACON-MECKLENBURG-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS-RABUN-ROWAN-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN JACKSON- SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS-TRANSYLVANIA-UNION-YORK- 1147 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... A WEAK WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON WILL ALLOW UNSEASONABLY WARM AND HUMID AIR TO MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH. MEANWHILE...AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND STRONG UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE SHOULD MAINTAIN A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF GEORGIA AND INTO WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BECOME MARGINALLY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS... DURING THE AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS THE AREA TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CLAYTON GEORGIA...TO GREENVILLE...AND MONROE NORTH CAROLINA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE AFTERNOON...AND THEN THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY FROM TOCCOA TO ANDERSON...LAURENS...AND ROCK HILL. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL GO DOWN BY THE EARLY EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS IN FROM THE WEST. STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. MOORE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1234 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ062-063-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-011-019- 051900- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREENWOOD-HABERSHAM-HART-MACON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON-STEPHENS- 1234 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL APPROACH NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE FAR WESTERN UPSTATE...AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND BRIEF WEAK TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ELBERTON...TO TOCCOA...CLAYTON...AND FRANKLIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. BSH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1243 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ062-063-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-011-019- 051900- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREENWOOD-HABERSHAM-HART-MACON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON-STEPHENS- 1243 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL APPROACH NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE FAR WESTERN UPSTATE...AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND BRIEF WEAK TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ELBERTON...TO TOCCOA...CLAYTON...AND FRANKLIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. BSH
The Greer radar (KGSP), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:51 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Four to five large pine trees blown down on Crane Mill Rd. Also, power lines were blown down in Mt Airy and in Cornelia.
Trees down, scattered across the county.
Several trees blown down.
A tree was blown down on Brookhaven Cir and another blown down on a power line on Prather Bridge Rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, January 2007
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: 13211, 13212, 13218, 13236.