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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 1990, 2:40 PM EDT for Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 1990, 2:40 PM EDT (18:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 1990, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stanly County, NC
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Aug 21, 8:44 AM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
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NCZ008-007-211900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1255 PM EDT TUE AUG 21 1990 ...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY OVER THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA... A COLD FRONT STALLED OVER THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT TODAY WILL BE THE FOCUS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WARM AND QUITE UNSTABLE AIR ALONG THE FRONT MAY CAUSE SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO BE SEVERE. ANY STORMS THAT FORM THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY SO LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALSO NEAR STREAMS. BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER ON HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE 3/4 INCH HAIL OR LARGER AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER. MONITOR TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 245PM IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. STEWART
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 21, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 38 min |
| Aug 21, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 56 min |
| Aug 21, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 55 min |
| Aug 21, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 40 min |
| Aug 21, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 60 min |
| Aug 21, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon, Swain | 65 min |
| Aug 21, 4:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 61 min |
| Aug 21, 4:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 66 min |
| Aug 21, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 5:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Laurens | 3 hr |
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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.