Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 7, 2007

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 7, 2007
Start: 2007-07-07T13:30
End: 2007-07-07T13:40
Location: South Carolina

July 7, 2007 · NWS GSP · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

Isolated severe storms affected the northwest Piedmont and Upstate South Carolina during the afternoon hours.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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.

Isolated severe storms affected the northwest Piedmont and Upstate South Carolina 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 Jul 7, 12:40 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 12:40 PM EST, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 4:39 AM EST, 8 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
539 AM EDT SAT JUL 7 2007

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-081000-
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-
539 AM EDT SAT JUL 7 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

07

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 12:50 PM EST, 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
150 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2007

SCZ009-071845-
YORK-
150 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY THROUGH 245
PM EDT...

AT 144 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF HICKORY GROVE...OR 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF YORK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES SO AVOID THESE AREAS.

RB

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:28 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, York

When: July 7, 1:30 PM EST
Where: York County, 1 mi S of York
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Post Office
Coordinates: 34.986, -81.230

Thunderstorm Wind, York

When: July 7, 1:30 PM EST
Where: York County, 1 mi S of York
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Post Office
Coordinates: 34.986, -81.230

Large tree limbs blown down.

Hail, Laurens

When: July 7, 1:40 PM EST
Where: Laurens County, 1 mi SE of Ora
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 34.590, -81.988

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Carolina in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in South Carolina, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 49231, 49232, 49233.