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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 27, 1989Gaston County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 1989, 7:19 PM EDT for Gaston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1989, 7:19 PM EDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1989, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Gaston 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1989-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 256 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1989-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
256 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCLT 272319
TORCLT
NCC071-272345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
719 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA
          ...GASTON
 
THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CHARLOTTE RECIEVED A REPORT OF A FUNNEL
CLOUD OCCASIONALLY TOUCHING THE SURFACE AS A TORMNADO...IN THE
CHERRYVILLE AREA OF GASTON COUNTY. STRONG SURFACE WIND AND VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. 2 GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.