Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1990, 7:22 PM EDT for Catawba County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 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
- May 28, 1990, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1990, 7:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Catawba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:25 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Catawba, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 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 KCLT 282326
SVRCLT
NCC035-290015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
722 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA
...CATAWBA
AT 720 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MAIDEN IN
CATAWBA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL IN MAIDEN AT 716 PM.
THIS STORM WILL PASS OVER NORTHERN LAKE NORMAN BY 740PM.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. aDO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
JDSWhat 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, May 28, 3:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SCZ001>004-282055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 355 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 A TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS MONDAY EVENING. AT 350 PM THE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WESTERN BORDER OF SOUTH CAROLINA THEN SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE ATLANTA GEORGIA AREA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL AS THEY DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITHOUT WARNING. PERSONS IN THE UPSTATE SHOULD BE ALERT AND READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION FOR SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS OR P1OSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CURTIS
Special weather statement, May 28, 4:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
NCZ008-NCZ014-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 5 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA INCLUDING ... BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ... IN NORTH CAROLINA ... CLEVELAND ... MECKLENBURG ... STANLY ... CABARRUS ... MONTGOMERY ... LINCOLN ... UNION ... RICHMOND ... AND GASTON. AT 5 PM EDT ... CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL CAROLINAS. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THIS STATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER AS THIS PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH ... MORE ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ADVANCE INTO THE WESTERN AND PIEDMONT CAROLINAS THIS EVENING. EVERYONE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE AROUND 7 PM EDT. CLARK
Special weather statement, May 28, 4:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SCZ001>004-282155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 453 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 A TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS MONDAY EVENING. AT 450 PM THE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM ABBEVILLE COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS LAURENS COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG AND SOUTHWEST UNION COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AND NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL AS THEY DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITHOUT WARNING. PERSONS IN THE UPSTATE SHOULD BE ALERT AND READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION FOR SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOClAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CURTIS
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
NCZ007-009-010-011-012-013-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 500 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 1000 PM EDT... AT 445 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. A THUNDERSTORM DUMPED 2.35 INCHES OF RAIN AS IT MOVED THROUGH BRYSON CITY NORTH CAROLINA BETWEEN THREE AND 500 PM. REMEMBER..A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITONS ARE FAVORAVLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITONS AND STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR THE LATEST STAEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELT IN A STRONG BUILDING UNTIL IT PASSES. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 600 PM. SLUDER
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
NCZ007-009-010-011-012-013-290000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 600 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 1000 PM EDT... AT 545 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED MOSTLY SHOWERS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. NO HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED. REMEMBER..A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITONS ARE FAVORAVLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITONS AND STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR THE LATEST STAEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELT IN A STRONG BUILDING UNTIL IT PASSES. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 800 PM. SLUDER
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
NCZ008-NCZ014-290030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 615 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA INCLUDING ... BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ... IN NORTH CAROLINA ... CLEVELAND ... MECKLENBURG ... STANLY ... CABARRUS ... MONTGOMERY ... LINCOLN ... UNION ... RICHMOND ... AND GASTON. AT 610 PM EDT ...CHARLOTTE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL IN NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL BE CROSSING SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF KINGS MOUNTAIN BY 630PM. RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL CAROLINAS. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THIS STATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THESE STORMS. THIS PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH ... MORE ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ADVANCE INTO THE WESTERN AND PIEDMONT CAROLINAS THIS EVENING. EVERYONE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE AROUND 830 PM EDT OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. STEWART
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.