Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 5:44 PM EDT for Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 8, 1990, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 5:58 PM EDT | Hail 1 | 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, 9.7 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
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 082149
SVRCLT
NCC109-082215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
544 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA
...LINCOLN
AT 547 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLNTON. THIS STORM
WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIuBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Jun 8, 2:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
NCZ007-009-010-011-012-013-082000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 245 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 3 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE ASHEVILLE AIRPORT. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF HENDERSONVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORM NEAR HENDERSONVILLE IS DEVELOPING NORTH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY AT THE ASHEVILLE AIRPORT BEFORE 310 PM. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN HAYWOOD COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNESVILLE. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HREAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. CC
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
NCZ007-009-010-011-012-013-082000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 245 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 243 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE ASHEVILLE AIRPORT. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF HENDERSONVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORM NEAR HENDERSONVILLE IS DEVELOPING NORTH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY AT THE ASHEVILLE AIRPORT BEFORE 310 PM. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN HAYWOOD COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNESVILLE. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRO`DUCE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. CC
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
NCZ007-009-010-011-012-013-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 345 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FOOTHILLS AND HENDERSON COUNTY OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 340 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED FROM POLK COUNTY THROUGH EASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY TO HAYWOOD COUNTY ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA-TENNESSEE BORDER. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AS OF 330 PM. HOWEVER...WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF MCDOWELL...POLK...BURKE...CALDWELL... RUTHERFORD AND HENDERSON IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TV... OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CC
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
NCZ008-007-014-082150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 400 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...THIS STATEMENT REPLACES THE PREVIOUS STATEMENT ERRONOUSLY TRANSMITTED AT 405 PM... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WHICH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO CLEVELAND...CATAWBA...LINCOLN...GASTON... MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS...UNION...ANSON...STANLY...MONTGOMERY... RICHMOND...IREDELL AND ROWAN COUNTIES... AT 400 THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE DETECTED ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF HICKORY AND ALONG THE NORTHERN STANLY AND MONTGOMERY COUNTYLINE ...IN THE VICINITY OF BADIN LAKE. BOATERS ON BADIN LAKE SHOULD GO TO DOCK IMMEDIATELY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 10 MILES AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN A SCATTERED PATTERN THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AS THIS EVENING PROGRESSES. SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP WITHIN YOUR IMMEDIATE VICINITY...GO IMMEDIATELY TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF WEATHER RELATED DAMAGES TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO DIRECT YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY BEFORE 600 THIS EVENING. RNM
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:08 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
NCZ007-009-010-011-012-013-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 505 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FOOTHILLS AND HENDERSON COUNTY OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TIL 10 PM EDT... AT 5 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY MOVING INTO POLK COUNTY ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA- SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER. ELSEWHERE...A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WERE INDICATED OVER PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH ARE. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF MCDOWELL...POLK...BURKE...CALDWELL... RUTHERFORD AND HENDERSON IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TV... OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNI<NGS. CC
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:31 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
NCZ008-007-014-082345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 530 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WHICH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO CLEVELAND...CATAWBA...LINCOLN...GASTON... MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS...UNION...ANSON...STANLY...MONTGOMERY... RICHMOND...IREDELL AND ROWAN COUNTIES... AT 525 THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE DETECTED ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HICKORY IN CATAWBA COUNTY AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST LESS THAN 10 MPH AND TOWARD LAKE NORMAN. BOATERS ON LAKE NORMAN SHOULD GO TO DOCK IMMEDIATELY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN CHESTER AND LANCASTER COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND MORE COULD DEVELOP WITHIN THE LISTENING AREA THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP WITHIN YOUR IMMEDIATE VICINITY...GO IMMEDIATELY TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF WEATHER RELATED DAMAGES TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO DIRECT YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY BEFORE 800 TH`IS EVENING. STEWART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 69 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.