Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1990, 11:16 AM EDT for Montgomery County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 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 22, 1990, 11:16 AM EDT (15:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1990, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery 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 22, 11:30 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Montgomery, 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 1042 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCLT 221520
SVRCLT
NCC123-221600-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
1116 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
...MONTGOMERY
AT 1118 WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MONTGOMERY
COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL.. DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AT 30 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 POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.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, Jun 22, 8:18 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
SCZ001>004-221315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 817 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 AT 815 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE INDICATED IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY BETWEEN ABBEVILLE AND CALHOUN FALLS. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE ABBEVILLE SHERIFFS OFFICE AT 807 AM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO WESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...INTENSE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATE1D IN SOUTHEAST UNION COUNTY. LISTEN FOR LATER INFORMATION. ROBBINS
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:13 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SCZ001>004-221415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 910 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 AT 905 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAURENS AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LAURENS COUNTY BETWEEN LAURENS AND CLINTON...AND IN EASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY FROM NINETY SIX TO CALLISON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.t PEOPLE IN LAURENS AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...INTENSE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. ROBBINS/GSP
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
NCZ 007-009-010-011-012-013-221430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 920 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 915AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM NORTHERN GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN MURPHY AND ANDREWS IN CHEROKEE COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS..STRONG GUSTY WINDS.. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. IF THREATHENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION HFOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REU
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 11:04 AM EDT, 12 minutes before
NCZ007-008-014-221600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1100 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ....THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH A PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE EASTERN PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA... AT 1056 THIS MORNING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN SCATTERED THROUGHOUT ANSON COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE HEAVIST ACTIVITY WAS OVER EXTREME NORTHERN ANSON COUNTY AND ABOUT TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN STANLY AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT ANSON COUNTY THROUGH 1145. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS STANLY AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON. THE NORTHWESTERN ONE HALF OF RICHMOND COUNTY WILL ALSO SEE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BETWEEN 1115 AND NOON. EVERYONE IN ANSON... STANLY... MONTGOMERY AND RICHMOND COUNTIES MUST BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING... HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND PERHAPS SOME HAIL THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND DURING THE LUNCH HOUR. ASIDE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WELL EAST OF CHARLOTTE DECAYING STORMS HAVE CAUSED STRONG GUSTY WINDS THROUGHOUT A LARGE PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT. JUST BEFORE 1045 THIS MORNING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WERE OBSERVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE. EVERYONE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD ANTICIPATE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED JUST BEFORE NOON UNLESS CONDITIONS REQUIRE AN EARLIER RELEASE. AND... WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED SO BE ALERT. RK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 56 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.