Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 1990, 7:12 PM EDT for Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 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 1, 1990, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 1990, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln 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 1, 7:15 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Lincoln, 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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Apr 1, 3:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
NCZ 007-009-010-011-012-013-012200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 400 PM EDT SUN APR 1 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS... SHORTLY BEFORE 4 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF ASHEVILLE ALONG THE MCDOWELL COUNTY-RUTHERFORD COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM DUMPED FROM PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AS IT MOVED OVER FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN AROUND 330 THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. I URGE YOU TO REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. CC
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 5:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SCZ001>004-012200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC 507 PM EDT SUN APR 01 1990 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA... AT 5PM RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CENTERED NEAR WILLIAMSTON IN EXTREME EASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND HAS PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN PARTS OF ANDERSON COUNTY. REM
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 5:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SCZ001>004-012300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC 600 PM EDT SUN APR 01 1990 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA... AT 555PM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST SPARTANBURG COUNTY NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST UNION COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. REM
Local storm report, Apr 1, 6:26 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 625 EDT SUN APR 1 1990 ATTN SELS... WIND GUSTS WERE MEASURED TO 78 MPH AT CHARLOTTES FAA CONTROL TOWER... MECKLENBURG COUNTY... AT 1806 EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS NEARLY COVERING THE GROUND AT 624 EDT IN EASTERN CHARLOTTE... MECKLENBURG COUNTY. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THROUGHOUT CHARLOTTE... MOSTLY PEA SIZE AND ALL FROM 605 THROUGH THE PRESENT TIME (624 EDT). RK INT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 45 min |
| Apr 1, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 67 min |
| Apr 1, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 33 min |
| Apr 1, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 43 min |
| Apr 1, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 66 min |
| Apr 1, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 69 min |
| Apr 1, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 42 min |
| Apr 1, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Stanly | 43 min |
| Apr 1, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anson | 49 min |
| Apr 1, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Montgomery, Richmond | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.