Drought, Elbert
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM EST to July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Elbert forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.117, -82.840 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Georgia, July 1 to 31, 2007
Drought conditions persisted across much of extreme northeast Georgia during July. Agricultural interests continued to be especially hard hit.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 6
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.
Drought conditions persisted across much of extreme northeast Georgia during July. Agricultural interests continued to be especially hard hit. The absence of rain negatively affected the hay crop, creating concern for the loss of livestock. Dollar values for the drought damage should be included in either the August or September Storm Data for this region.
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 Jun 30, 8:10 PM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 8:10 PM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 910 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT...THEN STALL OUT ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND BECOME THE FOCUS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SUNDAY. ON MONDAY...A CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WILL BUILD SOUTH DOWN THE ATLANTIC COAST AND BRING DRIER AIR TO THE AREA. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... CONVECTION HAS NEARLY DISSIPATED ACROSS THE AREA. THE EXCEPTION IS THE FAR SOUTHEAST...WHERE SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL BE CARRIED UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WILL BE CARRIED ELSEWHERE. CLOUD COVER WILL BE LEFT IN THE MOSTLY CLOUDY CATEGORY EXCEPT IN THE FAR WEST...PER SATELLITE IMAGERY. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN LOWERED IN SOME AREAS PER OBSERVATION TRENDS...TOWARD 18Z MAV GUIDANCE. DEW POINTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED FROM OBSERVED VALUES...AND THEN THE ADJUSTED MAV GUIDANCE WAS RAISED TWO DEGREES FOR A GOOD FIT WITH REALITY. THE RESULTING DEW POINT DEPRESSIONS SUPPORT PATCHY FOG IN SOME AREAS TOWARD DAWN. BLENDED GFS/NAM WINDS VEER TO THE NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT ARE VERY LIGHT. THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL LINGER OVER SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA ON SUN...JUSTIFYING CHANCE POPS ALONG THE SC/NC MTNS AND THE SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY INTO THE EVENING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD PEAK A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER THAN TODAY. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... FRONT WILL HAVE WORKED SOUTH OF THE AREA BY MONDAY. HOWEVER...SE UPSLOPE FLOW IN IT/S WAKE WILL STILL POOL ENOUGH MOISTURE TO INITIATE ISOLATED CONVECTION OVER THE SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AND IN THE SRN MTNS. THINGS LOOK ABOUT THE SAME ON TUE...WITH THE BULK OF THE CONVECTION ALONG THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG THE GULF COAST AND UP ALONG THE FRONT AHEAD OF THE DEEPENING LONG WAVE OVER THE UPPER MID-WEST. THAT SAID...LIGHT UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO WARRANT LOW POPS OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... FAIRLY HIGH AMPLITUDE PATTERN SETTING UP FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. STRONG DEEP LAYER RIDGE OVER THE WRN CONUS WILL HELP TO DEEPEN A LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE ERN CONUS. ON WED NW FLOW MCS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT. AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS THAT THE STORMS WILL MISS US TO THE NORTH AND THAT WED WILL BE DRY OTHER THAN SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. THE SURFACE FRONT LOOKS SLOWER AND A LITTLE MORE DIFFUSE ON TODAY/S RUNS. IN FACT...THE OPERATIONAL GFS IMPLIES THAT IT MAY NOT MAKE IT THROUGH THE FA EVEN BY SATURDAY. HPC IS A HAIR FASTER THAN THIS...BUT THEY HAVE PAIRED POPS BACK TO JUST THE MTNS ON THURSDAY...WITH CONVECTION SPREADING ACROSS THE FA FRI AND THEN MOVING SE OF THE AREA SAT. I DIDN/T STRAY FROM THIS IN OUR GRIDS. HOWEVER...IF THE FRONT TRENDS ANY SLOWER...IT MAY JUST STALL OVER THE REGION...MAKING FOR A WET PERIOD NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /01Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... THE COLD FRONT WILL TAKE ITS TIME MOVING SOUTH OUT OF VA...BUT A LINE OF CONVECTION WILL ADVANCE SOUTH ACROSS KHKY...TOWARD KCLT. WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING THIS EVENING...STORMS MAY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AS THEY ENTER SC. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY WILL BE CARRIED AT KHKY AND KCLT...BUT NOT AT THE SC SITES OR KAVL UNLESS RADAR TRENDS SUPPORT SUCH. FOG IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MVFR VISIBILITY WHERE RAIN FALLS...WHICH RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKELY AT KHKY. BLENDED GFS/NAM WIND FIELDS VEER TO THE NORTH BY AROUND MIDNIGHT...BUT MOISTURE WILL BE SLOW TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA...AND A SCATTERED LOW DECK WILL BE CARRIED IN THE TAFS SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...NONE WILL BE CARRIED IN THE TAFS AS CHANCES WILL BE TOO LOW TO PINPOINT THIS EARLY. AVIATION OUTLOOK: CONVECTION WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS AN EASTERLY FLOW BANKS MOISTURE UP AGAINST HIGHER TERRAIN. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE SUFFICIENT EACH NIGHT FOR FOG PRODUCTION...HOWEVER WINDS MAY REMAIN UP ENOUGH IN THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS TO PRECLUDE FOG AT SOME LOCATIONS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JAT NEAR TERM...JAT SHORT TERM...MCAVOY LONG TERM...MCAVOY AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 3:49 PM EST, 8 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 449 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ001>014-019-012100- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 449 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 466 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A STALLED SURFACE FRONT WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA SUNDAY MORNING AND HELP KEEP AREAS SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR UNSTABLE AND MOIST THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD EASILY DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AS ANY BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WILL ALLOW HEATING TO ENHANCE INSTABILITY. THESE STORMS WILL MAINLY BE DRIVEN BY THE AMOUNT OF HEATING AVAILABLE...SO A FAIRLY QUICK DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY CAN BE EXPECTED AROUND SUNSET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082- 501>510-012100- RABUN-HABERSHAM-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- 449 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA. THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT MAY SEE STRONG STORMS DEVELOP BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES...AND ISOLATED HEAVY DOWNPOURS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A STALLED SURFACE FRONT WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA SUNDAY MORNING AND HELP KEEP AREAS SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR UNSTABLE AND MOIST THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD EASILY DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AS ANY BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WILL ALLOW HEATING TO ENHANCE INSTABILITY. THESE STORMS WILL MAINLY BE DRIVEN BY THE AMOUNT OF HEATING AVAILABLE...SO A FAIRLY QUICK DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY CAN BE EXPECTED AROUND SUNSET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. NED
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:04 PM EST, 5 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 704 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 NCZ036-056-069-071-010000- CATAWBA-IREDELL-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG- 704 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT... AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TERRELL...OR 13 MILES EAST OF NEWTON... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... TERRELL...LAKE NORMAN...CORNELIUS AND DAVIDSON... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. BOATERS ON LAKE NORMAN SHOULD HEAD TO SHORE. DO NOT GET CAUGHT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE WHEN THE THUNDERSTORM ARRIVES. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:26 PM EST, 5 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 726 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 NCZ072-010015- CABARRUS- 726 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CABARRUS COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM EDT... AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROCKWELL TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF KANNAPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN CABARRUS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... KANNAPOLIS...LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY...CONCORD...HARRISBURG...MOUNT PLEASANT AND MIDLAND... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:00 PM EST, 5 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 800 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 NCZ082-010100- UNION- 800 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN UNION COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM EDT... AT 756 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF MIDLAND...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBEMARLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN EASTERN UNION COUNTY... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. MOORE
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Franklin
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM EST to July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.375, -83.229 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Habersham
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM EST to July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Habersham forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.631, -83.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Hart
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM EST to July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Hart forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.351, -82.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Rabun
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM EST to July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Rabun forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.882, -83.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Stephens
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM EST to July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Stephens forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.554, -83.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in Utah, July 1 to 12, 2007
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kansas, July 1 to 4, 2007
- Flooding in Kansas, July 1 to 3, 2007
- Flooding in Missouri, July 1 to 7, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 1, 2007
- Flooding in Kansas, July 1 to 8, 2007
- Rip Current in North Carolina, July 1, 2007
- Flood in Oklahoma, July 1 to 9, 2007
- Drought in Mississippi, July 1 to 4, 2007
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Texas, July 1 to 3, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 1, 2007
- Drought in California, July 1 to 31, 2007
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 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: 50477, 50478, 50479, 50480, 50481, 50482.