South Carolina, 2007Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 30, 2007
August 30, 2007 · NWS GSP · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
Scattered severe storms affected Upstate South Carolina, and the northwest Piedmont, during the afternoon hours.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Scattered severe storms affected Upstate South Carolina, and the northwest Piedmont, during the afternoon hours.
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 Aug 30, 1:47 PM EST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 1:47 PM EST, 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
247 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT...REACHING
OUR AREA BY FRIDAY NIGHT...PUSHING SOUTH OF THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
LATEST RUC AND NAM RUNS DEVELOP GOOD LLVL CONVERGENCE (1000-850 MB
LAYER) ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND UP INTO THE LEE SLOPES OF THE NC MTNS
AND FOOTHILLS. LATEST TERMINAL DOPPLER RADAR IMAGERY FROM TCLT SHOWS
DEEP LAYER NNE FLOW...WHILE FLOW OVER THE THE WESTERN PART OF THE
UPSTATE IS MORE WESTERLY. THEREFORE IT LOOKS LIKE THE NAM AND RUC
WIND FIELDS ARE VERIFYING WELL SO FAR. AS A RESULT...I/LL UP POPS
ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND INTO THE NC MTNS AND WRN FOOTHILLS...WHILE
DROPPING THEM A BIT IN THE I-77 CORRIDOR OF NC.
THERE HAS BEEN ABUNDANT MID LEVEL CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING AS THE
AREA OF DEEP LAYER RH THAT HAS BEEN TEASING US JUST TO THE WEST THE
PAST COUPLE DAYS HAS FINALLY OVERSPREAD A GOOD BIT OF THE FORECAST
AREA. MOIST 12 UTC SOUNDINGS SHOULD YIELD QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE MOVING OVER
ERN TN ATTM...EVEN WITHOUT FULL SUN. HOWEVER...THE MORE HEATING WE
SEE...THE MORE WIDESPREAD WL BE THE CONVECTTION.
WITH APPROACHING FRONT EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT
BEFORE TAPERING OFF SOMEWHAT TOWARD DAYBREAK. MORNING LOWS WILL
SETTLE AROUND 70 PIEDMONT...UPPER 50S TO MID 60S MTNS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL LINGER OVER THE EASTERN GULF STATES
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WHILE AN UPPER TROUGH TO THE NORTH
DEAMPLIFIES. THE SURFACE REFLECTION OF THIS LOW IS DEPICTED BY THE
MODELS CLOSE TO THE GULF COAST. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY SOUTH
INTO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT...INTRODUCING AN EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW
INTO HIGHER TERRAIN THAT PERSISTS THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE THE BOUNDARY
AND ITS ASSOCIATED MOISTURE MOVE WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA. CHANCE POPS
WILL BE CARRIED WITH DAYTIME HEATING...MAINLY ALONG THE BLUE
RIDGE...WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS EACH NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND
FROM JUST ABOVE NORMAL SATURDAY TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL SUNDAY AS
THE COOLER AIR MASS EDGES SOUTH.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
THE EXTENDED PERIOD FEATURES THE PROGRESSION OF AN EAST COAST UPPER
TROUGH...FOLLOWED BY THE AMPLIFICATION OF AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. A STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE
LOCATED ALONG THE EASTERN GULF COAST FROM MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...WITH A SURFACE RIDGE CENTERED OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
EXTENDING OVER OUR AREA. INITIALLY MOISTURE WILL BE CONCENTRATED
ALONG THE GULF COAST AS AN UPPER LEVEL COL BETWEEN THE TROUGH AND
RIDGE KEEPS ANY ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE OVER THE BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH.
POPS WILL NOT BE CARRIED EARLY IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST. AS THE
UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFIES...A WEAK SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL TRANSPORT
MOISTURE NORTH OVER THE SURFACE RIDGE...INCREASING CLOUDS AND
SUPPORTING SMALL POPS WITH TIME. BY THURSDAY THE FRONT WASHES
OUT...BUT A CONTINUED EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL HELP OFFSET
TEMPERATURES GAINS ASSOCIATED WITH HEIGHT RISES UNDER THE UPPER
RIDGE.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
SHRA AND TSTMS SHUD BE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AND I HAVE VCTS AT ALL TAF SITES AT VARIOUS TIME OVER THE NEXT 6
HORUS OR SO. PREVAILING FLOW ACROSS THE REGION IS NE ATTM...AND THIS
GENERAL FLOW SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HRS...THOUGH WINDS WILL
BE VERY LIGHT OVERNIGHT. PATCHY LOW CLOUDS ARE CERTAINLY
POSSIBLE...BUT FORCING IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO ME TO INCLUDE
ANYTHING IN THE TAFS. AS FOR VSBYS...HAVE MOST SITES GOING DOWN LATE
WITH MVFR FOG/HAZE...SIMILAR TO THE PAST FEW NIGHTS. HOWEVER...ANY
SITES THAT SEE APPRECIABLE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY FALL MUCH MORE
OVERNIGHT.
AVIATION OUTLOOK...THRU WED. SCT TSTMS POSSIBLE FRI-SAT AS A FRONT
MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS THE CWA. FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL S OF THE
AREA SUN...WITH LITTLE CHANCE OF CONVECTION MON-WED. MVFR MORNING
FOG AND HAZE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...EVEN BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH IFR
FOG POSSIBLE AT KAVL.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ036-
057-069>072-082.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JAT
NEAR TERM...MCAVOY
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...MCAVOYHazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 2:03 PM EST, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
303 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035-037-048>053-056-058-059-
062>065-068-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-311915-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-DAVIE-
MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CLEVELAND-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-
303 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
NCZ036-057-069>072-082-311915-
IREDELL-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
303 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007
...AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY.
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...WITH FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
07
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 11:47 AM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1247 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007
NCZ052-301730-
HAYWOOD-
1247 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY
THROUGH 130 PM EDT...
AT 1239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF LAKE JUNALUSKA...OR 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WAYNESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CRUSO BY 130 PM EDT.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
MCAVOY
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 12:54 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
154 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007
NCZ068-504-508-301830-
CLEVELAND-GREATER BURKE-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
154 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...
NORTHERN CLEVELAND AND SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM
EDT...
AT 151 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF CASAR...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MORGANTON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
NED
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 1:45 PM EST, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007
SCZ006-007-301945-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
245 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN GREENVILLE AND WESTERN
SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PELHAM ROAD AT I-85...OR 8 MILES EAST OF
GREENVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PELHAM ROAD AT I-85 BY 305 PM EDT.
HAYWOOD MALL BY 335 PM EDT.
SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE BY 345 PM EDT.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
ARK
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 2:03 PM EST, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
303 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007
NCZ508-510-302000-
EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
303 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT POLK AND SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD
COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOREST CITY...OR 7 MILES
SOUTH OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPINDALE...
RUTHERFORDTON...MILL SPRING...HARRIS...FOREST CITY...COLUMBUS AND
ALEXANDER MILLS.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
ARK
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenville
- When
- August 30, 2:11 PM EST to 2:20 PM EST
- Where
- Greenville County, 2.5 mi E of Greenville to 2 mi N of Greenville
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -82.356
A wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at Greenville Downtown Airport. A tree fell across I-385 near the Stone Ave intersection. Trees and power lines were blown down on Rutherford Rd. Also, a tree was split and large limbs downed along Devenger Rd with several trees blown down at a golf course in this same area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- August 30, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Union County, 10 mi WNW of Union
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 34.775, -81.783
Several trees were blown down in the West Springs community.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chester
- When
- August 30, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chester County, 9 mi NE of Chester
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 34.792, -81.088
Tees blown down along highway 72 near the York County line.
Thunderstorm Wind, Laurens
- When
- August 30, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Laurens County, Gray Court
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -82.120
A tree was blown down in the downtown area. A tree was also downed on Ora Road, and a couple of trees were reported down in Laurens at around the same time.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Mississippi, August 30 to 31, 2007$303,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oregon, August 30, 2007$100,000 · 1 in hail · 6 events
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, August 30, 2007$65,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, August 30, 2007$30,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events
- Lightning Strikes in Georgia, August 30 to 31, 2007$30,000 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, August 30, 20072 in hail · 19 events
- Lightning Strikes in California, August 30 to 31, 2007$18,000 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 30, 20071 injured · $500 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
- Dust Storm and Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 30, 20071 injured · 54 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 30, 200750 kt wind · 10 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, August 30, 20071 in hail · 8 events
- Excessive Heat in California, August 30 to 31, 20077 events
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: 58124, 58125, 58126, 58128.