Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1990, 5:36 PM EDT for Abbeville County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 69 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, 1990, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1990, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Abbeville County, SC, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 5:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Abbeville, 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 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 28, 3:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
NCZ009-010-011-012-282130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 335 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM FOR THE CENTRAL... SOUTHERN AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 330 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM CHEROKEE TO GRAHAM TO THE EXTREME WESTERN TIP OF SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL TAKE THESE STORMS NEAR BRYSON CITY IN SWAIN COUNTY BEFORE MOVING INTO SEVIER COUNTY TENNESSEE. A HAILSTORM WAS REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM ON HANGING DOG MOUNTAIN JUST NORTHWEST OF MURPHY AND AT WKRK RADIO IN MURPHY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED IN ROBBINSVILLE. NO WIND DAMAGE OR LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. CC
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 4:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SCZ001>004-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 405 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO OCONEE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA... ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 900 PM FOR ALL THE UPSTATE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA... AT 400 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA FROM NEAR CLAYTON TO ATHENS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO OCONEE COUNTY WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STROMS. IF WARNINGS SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR THESE STORMS THERE MAY BE ONLY A FEW MINUTES TO TAKE ACTION. PLEASE MONTOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FREQUENTLY FOR THE LATEST BULLETINS OR WARNINGS. MUSGROVE
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 4:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SCZ001>004-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 420 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 900 PM FOR ALL THE UPSTATE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA... THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE WITHIN AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGE IN NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN THE ATHENS GEORGIA VICINITY AROUND 4 PM. PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTRORMS DURING THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS WITH POSSIBLE STRONG GUSTY WIND AND HAIL. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REMAIN ALERT UNTIL THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER PASSES. MUSGROVE
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 4:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SCZ001>004-282115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 430 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 900 PM FOR ALL THE UPSTATE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD ANDERSON COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA HAS PRODUCED ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF HAIL REPORTS WITH THIS STORM. A WARNING MAY BECOME NECESSARY FOR ANDERSON COUNTY SHORTLY. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WAJ
Local storm report, Apr 28, 5:16 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 515 PM EST SAT APR 28 1990 505 PM SILO BLOWN DOWN 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDERSON AT INTERSECTION OF SC 187 AND US 29. 512 PM GOLFBALL HAIL WESTERN SECTIONS ANDERSON. DAMAGE IS OCCURRING BACK EDGE OF STORM WHICH INDICATES POSSIBLE TORNADO. JONES
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 5:25 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
NCZ007-009-010-011-012-013-282330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 525 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM FOR THE CENTRAL... SOUTHERN AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA... SHORTLY BEFORE 530 PM AN AREA OF RAINSHOWERS...MOSTLY LIGHT WAS LOCATED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PREVIOUS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DISSIPATED. HOWEVER...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXISTS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE INTO TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS BEFORE 6PM EDT. HEAVY RAINS MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. IF THREATHENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. PRfEFERRABLY ON THE FIRST FLOOR. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 56 min |
| Apr 28, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 4:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson | 68 min |
| Apr 28, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 67 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South 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.