Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1987, 1:08 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 1987, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1987, 2:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cabarrus County, NC
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLT 241709 SVRCLT NCC025-241810- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 108 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 210 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... CABARRUS AT 1PM EDT ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CABARRUS COUNTY OF NORTY CAROLINA NEAR THE CITY OF KANNAPOLIS. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN CABARRUS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS... DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TUNE TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION...WXL-70 OR 9YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THIS WARNING. BP
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 11:21 AM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC 1020 AM EDT FRI APR 24 1987 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY... RADAR SHOWS HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF PICKENS COUNTY FROM ROCKY BOTTOM TO PUMPKINTON. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORM CELLS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES. SHOULD BE ALERT AND READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION FOR SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. OLIVER/GSP
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 12:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC 1200 NOON EDT FRI APR 24 1987 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... RADAR SHOWS A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY HEAVY...OVER THE UPSTATE FROM NORTHERN GREENVILLE ACROSS CENTRAL PICKENS AND INTO CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED BY A HAM RADIO OPERATOR NEAR DACSUSVILLE IN NORTHEAST PICKENS COUNTY. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. ROBBINS/GSP
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 1:04 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC 100 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1987 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY HEAVY...OVER THE UPSTATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF GREENVILLE COUNTY...NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY...AND IN PICKENS COUNTY NEAR ROCKY BOTTOM AND CLEMSON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A RESIDENT NEAR PIEDMONT AS A STORM MOVED THROUGH NORTHEAST ANDERSON COUNTY. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. ROBBINS/GSP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.