SouthEast Severe Wx - Overnight

[brunota2003]

Just issued a tornado watch for central/eastern NC...including my area...there are watches extending down from NC to Florida...1 tornado confirmed so far that I know of...the one that injured 4+ people

[ncupsscweather]

Tornado in Pickens, South Carolina ***15inj*** and 8 car pilled on top of each other... Not a good way to start off the new year.

[brunota2003]

*** 4 INJ *** EIGHT CARS PILED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AT LIBERTY ELEMENTARY...PICKED UP BY THE WIND. ALSO...METAL AWNING OFF A GARAGE AND A POWER POLE DOWN. (GSP)

that is the most recent storm report on the SPC site...so is it 4 or 15?

[ncupsscweather]

From the report i herd from local media its 15 i don't know i will have to look around some more

[brunota2003]

ok...your closer to that area than me I believe...so you probably know all the local news stations around there, or at least some of them...

[SamSagnella]

A corrected LSR was issued at ~3PM updating the injuries to 15.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
308 PM EST FRI JAN 05 2007

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

0230 PM     TORNADO          LIBERTY                 34.79N 82.70W
01/05/2007                   PICKENS            SC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 15 INJ *** EIGHT CARS PILED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AT
            LIBERTY ELEMENTARY...PICKED UP BY THE WIND. ALSO...METAL
            AWNING OFF A GARAGE AND A POWER POLE DOWN. A BUILDING AND
            A FENCE BLOWN OVER NEAR THE FOOTBALL FIELD. 2 PEOPLE
            TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL- TOTAL OF 15 PEOPLE RECEIVED
            MINOR INJURIES. EYEWITNESS CONFIRMED SMALL TORNADO.


[ncupsscweather]

I thought thats what the local media was saying.. but thats what i had heard so i posted it.

[brunota2003]

ok...thanks, it just wasnt put onto the SPC...

[brunota2003]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0025
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0916 PM CST FRI JAN 05 2007

AREAS AFFECTED...NE NC...SE VA

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 8...

VALID 060316Z - 060445Z

AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER ERN SC AND CNTRL NC WILL MOVE ENEWD LATE
THIS EVENING AFFECTING NE NC AND SE VA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE
REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY REMAINS POSSIBLE AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WOULD EXIST AS STORMS ORGANIZE DURING THE
OVERNIGHT PERIOD. TORNADO WATCH 8 MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED IF THIS
SCENARIO DEVELOPS.

A NEGATIVELY TILTED UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE SRN APPALACHIAN MTNS
WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT NEWD TOWARD THE REGION TONIGHT. A BAND OF
CONVECTION IS LOCATED ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF LARGE-SCALE ASCENT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING TROUGH. AHEAD OF THE
CONVECTION...THE AIRMASS REMAINS UNDISTURBED WITH SFC DEWPOINTS IN
THE MID TO UPPER 60S F AS FAR NORTH AS RICHMOND VA. IN
ADDITION...MODERATE VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES EXIST ACROSS THE REGION.
AS THE UPPER-TROUGH APPROACHES...SHEAR PROFILES SHOULD GRADUALLY
STRENGTHEN BECOMING INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR LOW-TOPPED ROTATING
STORMS. IF THIS WHERE TO HAPPEN...A THREAT FOR TORNADOES AND
ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE WOULD BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION.

..BROYLES.. 01/06/2007


ATTN...WFO...AKQ...MHX...RAH...


it now seems that TW #8 will be replaced here soon with TW #9...the band is approaching from the SW of my area, and its been muggish here all day, hoping they dont decide to take advantage of the warm wx here...