South Carolina, 2007

Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 19, 2007

June 19, 2007 · NWS GSP · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Severe storms produced isolated wind damage over Upstate and the Western Piedmont of South Carolina.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

Severe storms produced isolated wind damage over Upstate and the Western Piedmont of South Carolina.

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 19, 1:45 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 1:45 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 5:14 AM EST, 10 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
614 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035-048>053-056-058-059-062>065-
068-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-201015-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
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-
614 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
TODAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS TO
60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

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.

NCZ036-037-057-069>072-082-201015-
IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
614 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

...AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY 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.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
TODAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS TO
60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 12:39 PM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:05 PM EST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
405 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     HAIL             3 SSE HARTWELL          34.31N 82.91W
06/18/2007  E0.75 INCH       HART               GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS 3/4 INCH HAIL TO THE SE OF HARTWELL.

&&

BSH
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:07 PM EST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
407 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

SCZ004-005-010-192100-
ANDERSON-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
407 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE...
SOUTHWESTERN PICKENS AND WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM
EDT...

AT 404 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FAIR PLAY...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF HARTWELL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TOWNVILLE...PENDLETON...FAIR PLAY...LAKE HARTWELL...CLEMSON AND
  CENTRAL.

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 CORDED TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG
UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LANE
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:22 PM EST, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
422 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

NCZ071-SCZ009-192100-
MECKLENBURG-YORK-
422 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN YORK AND SOUTHWESTERN
MECKLENBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

AT 421 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE WYLIE...OR 10 MILES
NORTH OF ROCK HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE WYLIE BY 430 PM EDT.
  CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY 445 PM.
  PAW CREEK BY 500 PM EDT.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LANE

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:25 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Oconee

When
June 19, 3:25 PM EST
Where
Oconee County, 8.5 mi S of Seneca
Measured
55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
34.557, -82.950

Two ultralights and an outbuilding damaged at Tokeena Air Park. Also, several large oak trees were blown down in the area.

Thunderstorm Wind, York

When
June 19, 7:00 PM EST
Where
York County, Clover
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
County Official
Coordinates
35.100, -81.230

Several trees and power lines blown down in the Clover area.

What these are

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

More

Every storm in South Carolina in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 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: 41363, 41364.