Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 1987, 8:10 PM EDT for Anson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 1987, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 1987, 9:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Anson County, NC
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 8:15 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Anson, NC |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2374 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 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 020009 SVRCLT NCC007-020110- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 810 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 910 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... ANSON AT 758 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF WADESBORE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. REPORTS FROM UNION COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL EAST OF MARSHVILLE ON THE COUNTY LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS... DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TUNE TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION...WXL-70 OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THIS WARNING. JPW
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, May 1, 4:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC 445 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 1987 ...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING OVER GREENVILLE COUNTY... RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER TRAVELERS REST AND IN EXTREME NORTHEAST GREENVILLE COUNTY. ELESEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE UPSTATE COUNTIES THUNDERSTORMS ARE SCATTERED AND COVERAGE HAS INCREASED DURING THE PAST HOUR. PEA SIZE (1/4) INCH HAIL REPORTED WITH GREENVILLE STORMS STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH RESIDENTS SOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. OLIVER/GSP
Special weather statement, May 1, 5:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 525 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 1987 SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS WERE MOVING EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. AT 515 THIS AFTERNOON...CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALEXANDER COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA JUST NORTH OF HICKORY IN CATAWBA COUNTY. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS EXTENDS SOUTH ACROSS BURKE...CLEVELAND AND RUTHERFORD IN NORTH CAROLINA AND TO AROUND GREENVILLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THESE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SUDDEN VERY HEAVY RAINS...LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME HAIL MAY ALSO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR PASSAGE. THIS OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THESE STORMS AND WILL ISSUE ANOTHER STATEMENT AROUND 7OO PM THIS EVENING UNLESS CHANGING CONFDITIONS WARRANT AN EARLIER RELEASE. JPW
Local storm report, May 1, 6:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC 615 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 1986 COUNTY......GREENVILLE...HAM SPOTTER AND SHERIFF REPORT 1 INCH HAIL 5 MILES NORTH OF GREENVILLE...FROM 1710PM EDT TILL 1725PM EDT SOME LARGE TREES DOWN... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT 1705PM EDT TILL 1800PM EDT COUNTY...SPARTANBURG...POLICE AT LANDRUM..INMAN AND CPCS RADIO STATION REPORT 1 INCH HAIL BETWEEN 520PM EDT AND 535PM EDT...SHOWER DURATION 5 TO 15 MINUTES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT 515PM EDT TILL 615PM EDT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY OLIVER/GSP
Special weather statement, May 1, 6:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 620 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 1987 SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO UNION COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. AT 715 PM...CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONROE IN UNION COUNTY WEST TO CHARLOTTE AND SOUTH INTO LANCASTER AND YORK COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF MONROE. ANOTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORM NEAR PINEVILLE IN SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINS...LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME HAIL MAY ALSO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR PASSAGE. THIS OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THESE STORMS AND WILL ISSUE ANOTHER STATEMENT AROUND 830 PM UNLESS CONDITIONS WARRANT AN EARLIER RELEASE. JPW
Special weather statement, May 1, 6:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC 650 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 1987 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING ALONG 0CONEE ANDERSON COUNTY LINE... RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OCONEE COUNTY... ANDERSON COUNTY LINE NEAR EXIT 14 ON I-85. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE UPSTATE COUNTIES. OTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN CHESTER AND YORK COUNTIES AND IN NORTHERN SALUDA COUNTY. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH RESIDENTS SOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. OLIVER/GSP
Special weather statement, May 1, 7:21 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC...CORRECTION... 720 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 1987 SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO UNION COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. AT 715 PM...CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONROE IN UNION COUNTY WEST TO CHARLOTTE AND SOUTH INTO LANCASTER AND YORK COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF MONROE. ANOTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORM NEAR PINEVILLE IN SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINS...LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME HAIL MAY ALSO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR PASSAGE. THIS OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THESE STORMS AND WILL ISSUE ANOTHER STATEMENT AROUND 830 PM UNLESS CONDITIONS WARRANT AN EARLIER RELEASE. JPW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 56 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.