Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1990, 4:18 PM EDT for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 57 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 9, 1990, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1990, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Spartanburg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Spartanburg, 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 312 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 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 KGSP 092018
SVRGSP
SCC083-092115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
418 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
SPARTANBURG
AT 415 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN
SPARTANBURG COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF DUNCAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO
THE SOUTH EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OF 60 TO OVER 100 MPH.
THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE
MOBILE HOMES...AND SOMETIMES LARGE BUILDINGS. LARGE HATIL CAN
INJURE ANYONE CAUGHT OUTSIDE.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.
VALVERDEWhat 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 9, 1:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
NCZ007-009-010-011-012-013-091900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 128 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS ON THE INCREASE OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 125 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ON THE INCREASE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE ASHEVILLE AIRPORT IN HENDERSON COUNTY AND NEAR ANDREWS IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GRC
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SCZ001>004-091900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 200 PM EDT SAT JUN 09 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE CAROLINAS IS VERY WARM AND MOIST THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE CAROLINAS. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THE UPSTATE AREA WAS IN CENTRAL OCONEE AND WEATERN PICKEN COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND FREQUENT LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. VALVERDE
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SCZ001>004-091945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 245 PM EDT SAT JUN 09 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE AND MOVING INTO THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA... AT 235 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN POLK COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY MOVE INTO NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY AND CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND... FREQUENT LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. VALVERDE
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:42 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
NCZ008-014-082145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 345 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 AT 340 THIS AFTERNOON RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY, CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTY, AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORRTHWESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 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. STEWART
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:14 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
NCZ007-009-010-011-012-013-091900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 414 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 410 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOPE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ONE PARTICULARLY STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA LINE. ALSO NOTED BY RADAR WAS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA..DOWN THROUGH EASTERN TENNESSE..THEN INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WILL BEGIN AFFECT WEST NORTH CAROLINA WITHIN THE HOUR. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE EASTSOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. ^ STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION..RADIO OR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNING. COLE
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:16 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
NCZ007-009-010-011-012-013-091900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 414 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 410 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOPE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ONE PARTICULARLY STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA LINE. ALSO NOTED BY RADAR WAS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA..DOWN THROUGH EASTERN TENNESSE..THEN INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WILL BEGIN AFFECT WEST NORTH CAROLINA WITHIN THE HOUR. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE EASTSOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. ^ STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION..RADIO OR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNING. COLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 69 min |
| Jun 9, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Laurens | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 66 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.