A line of thunderstorms moved into the southern Piedmont of North Carolina, spawning a weak tornado.
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A line of thunderstorms moved into the southern Piedmont of North Carolina, spawning a weak tornado.
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, 2:57 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 257 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... STRONG UPPER SHORT WAVE AND SURFACE TROUGH WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. LOOKS LIKE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL MOST LIKELY END WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE INITIAL SQUALL LINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THERE MAY BE A SECOND BAND OF CONVECTION ACCOMPANYING THE UPPER COLD POOL...SO WILL MAINTAIN A MENTION OF THUNDER IN GRIDS AFTER 00Z. BOTH GFS AND NAM INDICATE THAT PRECIPITATION SHOULD END WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING WITH PASSAGE OF UPPER SHORT WAVE. WILL END PRECIPITATION IN GRIDS BY 03Z OVER WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA AND OVER THE EASTERN PORTION BY 06Z. MODELS INDICATE DEEP LAYER DRYING BY 12Z WHICH MOS SUPPORTS BY SCATTERING CLOUDS/CLEARING. SO WILL INDICATE THAT TREND LATE TONIGHT. MINIMUM TEMPS A BLEND OF MAV/MET BUT TWEAKED UPWARD ESPECIALLY EASTERN PORTION WHERE CLOUDS WILL HANG IN MOST OF THE NIGHT. SENSIBLE WEATHER FCST FOR SATURDAY CONTINUES TO LOOK MILD AND DRY WITHIN THE BROAD SOUTHWEST FLOW ALONG THE FRONT SIDE OF APPROACHING L/WV. THE ONSET OF MOISTENING WAA FLOW NORTHEAST OF DEVELOPING GULF COAST LOW PRESSURE IS STILL ON TRACK FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. 05/12 UTC MODELS PROGGING THE ATMOSPHERE TO STILL BE PRETTY WEAKLY FORCED AT THIS JUNCTURE AND EVEN THE NEW OP GFS IS TRENDING SLOWER WITH THE NORTHWARD PROGRESS OF DEEPER MOISTURE AND PCPN BY 12 UTC SUNDAY. SO...SENSIBLE WX FOR SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BE THICKENING CLOUDS WITH JUST A FEW SHOWERS. SFC LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG BAROCLINIC ZONE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WITH THE RESULTANT CATEGORICAL RAINFALL CVRG. LATEST SHORT RANGE MODELS GIVING MIXED SIGNALS WITH RESPECT TO PLACEMENT OF THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAIN AND DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION. A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE ACRS THE CWFA...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT IS INCONCLUSIVE IF AND WHERE ANY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THREAT LIES. WILL GO AHEAD AND RAISE POP TO CATEGORICAL FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AND ADD HEAVY RAIN MENTION AS 05/09 UTC SREF INDICATES GREATER THE 90 PERCENT PROBABILITY FOR MEASURABLE PCPN PRETTY MUCH CWFA WIDE. DESPITE THE UNCERTAINTY AS FAR AS PLACEMENT OF HEAVIEST RAIN...ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS CERTAINLY CAUSING THE CHANCES FOR EXCESSIVE RAIN TO INCREASE...AND PLAN ON ISSUING FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK. SHEAR PROFILES EXPECTEDLY STOUT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND DEPENDING ON DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION...LOCAL DAMAGING WIND THREAT COULD ARISE. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... COOLING IN THE WAKE OF DEPARTING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE COULD RESULT IN SOME NC MTN HIGHER ELEVATION SNOWS FROM 06-12 UTC MONDAY...OTHERWISE MODELS ARE TRENDING QUICKER WITH DEEP DRYING MONDAY MORNING WITH LLVL RIDGING TRANSLATING ACRS THE CWFA THROUGH THE DAY. PROGRESSIVE L/WV TROUGH WILL BE FEATURED ACRS THE EASTERN U.S. TUESDAY WITH EMBEDDED FRONTAL SYSTEM SUPPORTED BY MOSTLY CHANNELLED VORT ENERGY SWINGING THROUGH MAINLY OFF TO OUR NORTH. BOTH THE 05/06 UTC AND 05/12 UTC OP GFS RUNS WOULD SUPPORT NORTHERN NC MTN SNOW SHOWER CHANCES THIS PERIOD. UPPER FLOW QUICKLY FLATTENS WEDNESDAY AS SFC RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE APPALACHIANS FOLLOWED BY DEVELOPING UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. IT IS DEBATABLE ON HOW MUCH ATLANTIC MOISTURE ADVECTS INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THROUGH THE END OF THE WORKWEEK...BUT LARGE SCALE PATTERN WOULD SUPPORT THE PCPN-FREE PERIOD CONTINUING. && .AVIATION... IFR CEILINGS WILL REMAIN ACROSS ALL TAF SITES OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. KGSP RADAR SHOWS A LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM MOVING ACRS WRN SC. TAFS WILL BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE THUNDER AS THE LINE APPROACHES. VIS SHOULD BRIEFLY LOWER TO IFR WITH THE LINE/S PASSAGE. OTHERWISE...IN THE WAKE OF THE CONVECTIVE LINE...CEILINGS AND VIS SHOULD IMPROVE FOR A WHILE IN THE EVENING TO VFR. EVENTUALLY VIS IS EXPECTED TO DROP BACK TO MVFR AS FOG DEVELOPS LATE THIS EVENING. THE FOG SHOULD LIFT AROUND DAYBREAK AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN BRIEFLY. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...LG/CSH LONG TERM...CSH AVIATION...PM
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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
323 PM EST FRI JAN 05 2007
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0250 PM TSTM WND DMG LAURENS 34.50N 82.03W
01/05/2007 LAURENS SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TOPS OF TREES BLOWN DOWN AND ACROSS ROAB WAY IN LAURENS.
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BSHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 345 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 SCZ009-014-052145- CHESTER-YORK- 345 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHESTER AND YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EST... AT 342 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GAFFNEY TO LOCKHART TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF CARLISLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... HICKORY GROVE BY 355 PM EST. MCCONNELLS BY 400 PM EST. YORK BY 405 PM EST. CLOVER BY 410 PM EST. ROCK HILL BY 415 PM EST. GREAT FALLS RESERVOIR BY 420 PM EST. WINDS AROUND 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE ISOLATED DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 9 PM EST. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
346 PM EST FRI JAN 05 2007
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0310 PM TORNADO MOORE 34.83N 81.99W
01/05/2007 SPARTANBURG SC TRAINED SPOTTER
DAMAGE TO ROOF OF A MOBILE HOME IN MOORE. BACK SIDE OF A
BARN AT THE HOME RIPPED OFF. A LARGE CHILDS PLAYHOUSE
THROWN APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET FROM THE HOME AND SHATTERED
IN THE ROAD. A SECTION OF CHAIN LINK
FENCE...APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET...MANGLED. DAMAGE TO THE AC
UNIT. LOTS OF DEBRIS BLOWN UP AGAINST THE HOME.
ALSO...LARGE TREES UPROOTED AROUND THE HOME AND ADJACENT
AREAS.
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BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
354 PM EST FRI JAN 05 2007
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0248 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N LAURENS 34.56N 82.03W
01/05/2007 LAURENS SC TRAINED SPOTTER
1 TREE DOWN AT EXIT 5 ON I-385.
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BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
405 PM EST FRI JAN 05 2007
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0315 PM TSTM WND DMG ROEBUCK 34.88N 81.96W
01/05/2007 SPARTANBURG SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AT WOODRUFF LANE AND OLD GEORGIA ROAD
IN ROEBUCK. SOME DOWN ACROSS ROADS...2 DOWN ON A HOUSE.
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BSHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 434 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 NCZ070-071-052230- GASTON-MECKLENBURG- 434 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT GASTON AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EST... AT 429 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DALLAS TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF ROCK HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... STANLEY BY 440 PM EST. PINEVILLE BY 445 PM EST. MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE BY 450 PM EST. CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE BY 455 PM EST. EASTLAND MALL BY 500 PM EST. UNC CHARLOTTE BY 505 PM EST. WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING ISOLATED...BRIEF...WEAK TORNADOES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 9 PM EST. PEOPLE IN EASTERN GASTON AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DALLAS...GASTONIA...LOWELL...LAKE WYLIE...CRAMERTON... STANLEY...BELMONT...MOUNT HOLLY...PINEVILLE AND PAW CREEK...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. LANE
The Greer radar (KGSP), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:38 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A short tornado damage track ran through the Autumn Acres subdivision in Gastonia. Eight homes received mostly minor roof damage. Some outbuildings were also damaged.
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