Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 1989, 3:30 PM EST for Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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
- Nov 15, 1989, 3:30 PM EST (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 1989, 4:16 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Laurens County, SC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 3:55 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Laurens, SC | |
| Nov 15, 4:10 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Laurens, SC |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 KGSP 152032
TORGSP
SCC047-059-152130-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
330 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
...NORTHEASTERN GREENWOOD...SOUTHERN LAURENS
TORNADO REPORTED BY GREENWOOD EMERGENCY PREPAREDEESS NORTH OF
GREENWOOD MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH
PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO YOUR BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF
BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET
OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A
DITCH.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Nov 15, 9:46 AM EST, 5 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 930 AM EST WED NOV 15 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 935 AM RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST OF HICKORY IN CATAWBA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH LINCOLN.AND GASTON COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTEND ACROSS YORK AND CHESTER COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN YORK AND CHESTER COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND UNION COUNTY BETWEEN 1000 AND 1100 AM. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE ACCOMPANIED WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON UNLESS CONDITIONS WORSEN OR A WARNING IS NEEDED. JPW1
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 2:46 PM EST, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC 245 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN PIEDMONT... AT 240 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN ABBEVILLE GREENWOOD AND LAURENS COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. REM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 3:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 23 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 1989Every tornado warning in 1989Tornadoes in 1989
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.