Thunderstorm Wind, Laurens
- When
- September 14, 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Laurens County, 6 mi ENE of Clinton
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.503, -81.783
Several large tree limbs blown down on Philson Rd.
Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, September 14, 2007
A line of thunderstorms produced a brief tornado and some wind damage over upstate South Carolina during the evening 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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.
A line of thunderstorms produced a brief tornado and some wind damage over upstate South Carolina during the evening 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 Sep 14, 1:45 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 1:45 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 245 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 .SYNOPSIS... THE REMNANTS OF HUMBERTO WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AND AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA INTO TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY...WITH COOL AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING IN BEHIND IT THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.+MOST MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS AND THE NC FOOTHILLS HAVE DOME VERY WELL WITH RAINFALL...GENERALLY IN THE 1-3 INCH RANGE. EXPECT COVERAGE TO INCREASE CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND NC PIEDMONT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AS A CONVECTIVE CLUSTER FROM REMANTS OF HUMBERTO MOVES E. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS AND CAN NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM STORM OR TWO...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT WHERE CAPES HAVE POOLED TO ABOVE 1000J. FRONTAL WAVE AND FIRST FRONT WILL PUSH S OF THE FORECAST AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT ALONG WITH ATTENDANT SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT WHICH WILL PROVIDE A REAL AIRMASS CHANGE FOR SATURDAY. CLOUDS WILL SCATTER LATE TONIGHT AS DEEP LAYER DRYING COMMENCES...SO AND WILL FORECAST SUNNY CONDITIONS FOR SAT. WILL USE A BLEND OF MOS FOR MIN/MAX TEMPERATURES. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... HAVE MADE LITTLE CHANGE TO THE GOING SENSIBLE WX FCST FOR SUNDAY AS IT REMAINS DEBATABLE THAT S/WV ENERGY ROTATING THROUGH BASE ON MEAN EASTERN CONUS L/WV CAN TRIGGER ANY SHOWERS WITHIN DRY AIRMASS. SFC RIDGING NOSED SWWD INTO THE CWFA STILL EXPECTED TO PROMOTE BELOW NORMAL MAX TEMPS. THE PATTERN IS STILL PROGGED TO AMPLIFY ON MONDAY...WITH THE CWFA UNDER MORE NORTHERLY FLOW AND CONTINUED SUBSIDENT AIRMASS ALONG FRONTSIDE OF BUILDING RIDGE OFF THE OUR WEST. SFC RIDGE ORIENTATION EXPECTED TO REMAIN PERSISTENT PROVIDING DRY LLVLS AND MAX TEMPS STILL A BIT BELOW MID-SEPTEMBER NORMALS. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... EVEN THE AGGRESSIVE 14/12 UTC OP GFS SOLUTION KEEPS THE DEEP MOISTURE BAND AND SHOWER CHANCES CLOSER TO THE COASTAL FRONT POSITION ON TUESDAY...LEAVING THE WESTERN CAROLINAS STILL WITHIN DEEPER DRYING AND ONGOING SFC RIDGING. WILL PLAN ON A PERSISTENCE/00 UTC ECMWF BLEND FOR THE WEDNESDAY FCST...WITH SHOWER CHANCES STILL CLOSER TO THE COAST. FCSTR CONFIDENCE STILL REMAINS LOW FOR THE END OF THE WORKWEEK WITH TEMPS/CLOUDS/SHOWER CHANCES DEPENDANT ON AMOUNT OF ATLANTIC MOISTURE/EASTERLY FLOW AND TRACK OF RETROGRADING UPPER LOW. FELT IT BEST TO STICK CLOSE TO A CLIMO/PERSISTENCE FCST FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BASED ON THE UNCERTAINTY. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BETWEEN 18Z AND 00Z AT ALL TAF SITES. OF COURSE...KAVL HAS BEEN IN THE LINE OF SIGNIFCANT RAINFALL SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. CONVECTIVE CLUSTER FROM REMNANTS OF HUMBERTO HAS MOVED INTO N GA AND WILL CROSS THER WESTERN CAROLINAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MVFR CEILINGS WILL OCCASIONALLY LOWER TO IFR IN HEAVY SHOWERS. WILL INCLUDE TEMPO THUNDER AT KAND AND KCLT WHERE MODELS SHOW BEST INSTABILITY/CAPE WITH AN INLCUSION OF CB ELSEWHERE. LOOKS LIKE SHOWERS WILL EXIT AREA BETWEEN 00Z AND 03Z. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN PLENTIFUL...SO EXPECT SOME AREAS OF STRATUS AND FOG TO DEVELOP BY 06Z...DESPITE WEAK DOWNSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPING. KAVL IS EXPECTED TO GO TO LIFR AND OTHER TAF SITES MVFR TO IFR. LOOKS LIKE FOG SHOULD MIX OUT OF ALL AIRPORTS 13-14Z ON SAT...THEN VFR. OUTLOOK SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR WEEKEND AND THE FIRST PART OF THE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NW. THE HIGH SHOULD MOVE TO THE ATLNATIC COAST ON MONDAY. ATLANTIC MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE BY MIDWEEK WITH SOME LOW CLOUDINESS AND POSSIBLY SOME SHOWERS BY WED. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CSH NEAR TERM...LG SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...CSH AVIATION...LG
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 14, 4:29 AM EST, 13 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 529 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-151000- 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- 529 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 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 THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND THIS EVENING...EMBEDDED WITHIN WIDESPREAD RAIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 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, Sep 14, 1:11 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 211 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 NCZ036-056-141900- CATAWBA-IREDELL- 211 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL IREDELL AND NORTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CONOVER...OR 4 MILES NORTH OF NEWTON... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CLAREMONT BY 220 PM EDT. LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE BY 230 PM EDT. STATESVILLE BY 255 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS SHOWING INDICATIONS OF WEAK ROTATION. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THIS STORM VERY CLOSELY AS IT MOVES ACROSS CATAWBA AND IREDELL COUNTIES. LANE
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 1:34 PM EST, 4 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 234 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 NCZ036-141915- IREDELL- 234 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 231 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... STATESVILLE BY 300 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO SHOW INDICATIONS OF WEAK TO MODERATE ROTATION. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS STORM VERY CLOSELY AS IT APPROACHES THE STATESVILLE AREA. LANE
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 2:16 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 316 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 NCZ036-142000- IREDELL- 316 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TROUTMAN...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STATESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... STATESVILLE BY 325 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. NED
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 2:28 PM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 328 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 NCZ037-057-142030- DAVIE-ROWAN- 328 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN ROWAN AND SOUTHERN DAVIE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF CLEVELAND...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOCKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... COOLEEMEE AND MOCKSVILLE BY 335 PM EDT. FORK CHURCH BY 345 PM EDT. 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/SBK
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 3:40 PM EST, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 440 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 SCZ001-004-142130- GREATER OCONEE-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- 440 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 434 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF WESTMINSTER...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF WALHALLA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... SENECA BY 450 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. NED
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 5:30 PM EST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 630 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 SCZ010-142315- ANDERSON- 630 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY THROUGH 715 PM EDT... AT 626 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ANDERSON BY 635 PM EDT. 5 MILES NORTH OF BROADWAY LAKE BY 645 PM EDT. BELTON BY 700 PM EDT. WILLIAMSTON BY 705 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. NED
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:40 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Laurens
- When
- September 14, 6:44 PM EST
- Where
- Laurens County, 2 mi ENE of Hickory Tavern
- Rating
- EF1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 34.531, -82.148
A small area of tornado damage occurred along Greenpond Rd near its intersection with Shiloh Church Rd. A chimney was blown off a house that also had several windows blown out. The house also received significant roof damage. A mobile home in the same area also received significant roof damage and was shifted off its foundation by about 20 degrees.
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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in California, September 14 to 20, 2007
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 14, 2007
- Hurricane in Georgia, September 14, 2007
- Tornado in Virginia, September 14, 2007
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 14, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 14, 2007
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 14, 2007
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 14, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, September 14, 2007
- Heavy Rain in Alabama, September 14, 2007
- High Surf in American Samoa, September 14 to 19, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, September 14, 2007
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 2007Warnings in South Carolina, September 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 60633, 60632.