Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1989, 2:22 PM EDT for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 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
- Apr 28, 1989, 2:22 PM EDT (18:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1989, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Buncombe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2:45 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Buncombe, 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
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 KAVL 281823
SVRAVL
NCC021-281930-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
222 PM EDT FRI APR 28 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA
...BUNCOMBE
AT 215 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME EASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY MOVING INTO WESTERN
BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND MOVING TOWARD THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE NORTH
CAROLINA.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND!
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.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 28, 10:49 AM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 1045 AM EDT FRI APR 28 1989 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 1030 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE CHEROKEE-GRAHAM COUNTY LINE IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA..SLOWLY DRIFTING TOWARD THE EAST. WITH MID-DAY AND AFTERNOON HEATING..THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD INCREASE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 100 PM EDT. OS
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 12:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 100 PM EDT FRI APR 28 1989 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... AT 1245 PM EDT ..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED IN CHEROKEE..GRAHAM AND MACON COUNTIES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. WITH AFTERNOON HEATING...THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN AREA COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..STRONG WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THEY PASS. OS
Nearby
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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.