Isolated severe storms affected the mountains and Piedmont of North Carolina during the afternoon and early evening hours.
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.
Isolated severe storms affected the mountains and Piedmont of North Carolina during the afternoon and early evening hours.
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 Aug 26, 10:00 AM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1100 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND THEN LIFT OUT TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THE ASSOCIATED WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY AND STALL OUT OVER THE MIDLANDS OR COASTAL PLAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS IT DISSIPATES. EXPECT ANOTHER FRONT TO REACH OUR REGION LATE IN THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... HARD TO FIND THE SFC FRONT THIS MORNING...BUT IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE CWFA BY THE AFTERNOON. 12Z UPPER AIR CHARTS SHOW SHOWERS MOVING INTO THE MTNS ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK SHORT WAVE AHEAD OF THE MAIN TROF AND H85 FRONT. EXPECT DECENT LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WITH THE SFC AND H85 FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA. ALSO...SHOULD BE DECENT FORCING WITH MAIN SHORT WAVE AND SOME DIVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JET MOVING IN AS WELL. MODIFYING 12Z GSO RAOB GIVES CAPE VALUES NEAR 2000 J/KG...EVEN WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER DEW POINTS THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST. PW ON THE RAOB IS HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY...BUT STILL QUITE A BIT OF MID LEVEL DRY AIR. MORNING DCAPE VALUES OVER THE NC PIEDMONT AND UPSTATE RANGE FROM 800 TO 1000 J/KG. EVEN WITH THESE IMPRESSIVE FEATURES...WIND SHEAR WILL BE MINIMAL ACROSS THE AREA WHICH SHOULD KEEP KEEP STORM ORGANIZATION MINIMAL AS WELL. GOING FORECAST WITH SCT CONVECTION AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS STILL LOOKS GOOD. COULD STILL END UP WITH ENOUGH COVERAGE TO NEED NUMEROUS COVERAGE SOME LOCATIONS. 12Z OBSERVED THICKNESS VALUES GIVE FULL SUN HIGHS OF 98 DEGREES. DO NOT EXPECT TEMPS THIS HIGH GIVEN THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDINESS ALREADY IN PLACE. HAVE DROPPED HIGHS A DEGREE OR TWO IN RESPONSE. TONIGHT...FRONT WILL SAG SLOWLY S AND CONVECTION WILL BE SLOW TO TAPER OFF THIS EVE...ESPECIALLY VCNTY FRONTAL BOUNDARY...SO KEPT CHANCE OF SHWRS/TSTMS THROUGH 2 AM WITH SLIGHT CHANCE CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. MORNING LOWS WILL BE NEAR 70...MAINLY 60S MTNS. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... THE TROF CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE MID ATLANTIC MONDAY MORNING WITH THE UPPER RIDGE AGAIN BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST. THE GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW A DRIER SOLUTION AS THE NAM GIVES MORE MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION IN THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK. THE WEAK COOL FRONT SHOULD STALL OUT JUST SOUTHEAST OF OUR FORECAST AREA...OVER THE MIDLANDS OR COASTAL PLAIN AND DISSIPATE ON TUESDAY OR TUESDAY NIGHT. THE POPS RETAINED IN THE FORECAST ARE MAINLY FOR THE LOCATIONS CLOSEST TO THE FRONT...BUT IF DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO BE FORECAST SINKING DOWN FROM THE NORTH THEN THE DAY SHIFT MAY DECREASE THOSE POPS EVEN MORE. THE NAM SOLUTION BRINGS VORTS ALONG THE FRONT ON MONDAY THEN MAINTAINS VORTS AND DEEP MOISTURE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF OUR AREA...EVEN WITH AN UPPER LOW AND A FEW VORTS NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA. THE GFS ON THE OTHER HAND SHIFTS THE GULF MOISTURE TO THE WEST ONTO THE TEXAS COAST. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE ON TUESDAY AND ALL CONVECTION SHOULD BE COMING TO AN END TUESDAY EVENING WITH DRIER AIR BECOMING ESTABLISHED IN MID WEEK. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... THE UPPER RIDGE WILL RETROGRADE WEST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS AN UPPER TROF CROSSES THE GREAT LAKES AND MOVES OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD IN LATE WEEK. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHEAST ACROSS OUR AREA ON THURSDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT. THE GFS TENDS TO SLOW THE FRONT DOWN AS OPPOSED TO THE CURRENT HPC PROJECTION. BOTH SOLUTIONS HAVE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CROSSING THE GREAT LAKES THEN NEW ENGLAND TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK WITH A POSSIBLE WEDGE DEVELOPING DOWN THE LEE SIDE OF THE APPALACHIANS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL BY THE END OF THE WEEK. IF THE SUCCESSIVE MODEL RUNS CONTINUE WITH A WELL DEFINED FRONT AND WEDGE DEVELOPMENT THEN POPS MAY NEED TO BE RAISED. && .AVIATION /15Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... PATCHY MVFR FOG SHOULD DISSIPATE BY 13-14Z. WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE IN FROM NW TODAY AND PROVIDE FOCUS FOR AT LEAST SCT SHWRS AND TSTMS. HAVE CB CLOUDS AND VCTS AT ALL TERMINALS THIS AFTN-EVE. CONVECTION SHOULD TAPER OFF LATE AND MVFR FOG EXPECTED AGAIN MOST SITES. WITH CLOUDS DISSIPATING OVER NW CWA...HAVE IFR FOG AT KAVL AFT 08Z. SCT AFTN-EVE CONVECTION EXPECTED MON AND TUE BEFORE SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR PUSHES IN FROM THE N FOR MID-WEEK. THEN ANOTHER FRONT EXPECTED MOVE IN THU. PATCHY MORNING FOG POSSIBLE EACH DAY... ESPECIALLY MTN VALLEYS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DEO NEAR TERM...RB/RWH SHORT TERM...DEO LONG TERM...DEO AVIATION...RB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 545 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-271000- 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- 545 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND AND/OR LARGE HAIL. THE NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. DEO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1221 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007
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0615 PM TSTM WND DMG KANNAPOLIS 35.49N 80.62W
08/25/2007 CABARRUS NC BROADCAST MEDIA
NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE REPORTED AT
LOCAL GOLF CLUB.
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JEFFTThe Greer radar (KGSP), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:56 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees blown down near exit 49 off of I-26, including trees blocking parts of N Main St and upper Ridgewood Bvd, and a tree on a car on Oak St. Also, several large limbs took down power lines.
Quarter size hail near exit 49 on I-26.
A tree was blown down on a home in Indian Trail. A 40-foot section of tin roof was blown off a chicken house on the same property.
The roof of a business was damaged on Statesville Rd. Part of the roof of a restaurant was damaged at the intersection of I-485 and Sunset. A canopy at gas station was lifted and fell on several vehicles near the intersection of Sunset and Reames Rd. Trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of Beatties Ford Rd and Trinity Rd, and at I-485 and Brookshire.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 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: 58112, 58113, 58117, 58119.