Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1990, 2:08 PM EDT for Abbeville County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports 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, 2:08 PM EDT (18:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1990, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Laurens, SC | |
| Jun 22, 2:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Laurens, 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, 6.1 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
- 366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 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 221810 SVRGSP SCC001-059-221900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 208 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...ABBEVILLE COUNTY...WESTERN LAURENS COUNTY AT 205 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR HONEA PATH EXTENDING ALONG THE ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE COUNTY LINE INTO GEORGIA. THE HEAVIEST STORM ALONG THIS LINE WAS JUST EAST OF HONEA PATH. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EASTWARD AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN T HE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.
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, 11:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SCZ001>004-221700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 1147 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...ACTIVE WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS UPSTATE THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY... THE MOST ACTIVE WEATHER IN SEVERAL WEEKS IS EXPECTED TODAY...TONIGHT...AND SATURDAY AS AN UNUSUALLY STRONG SUMMER WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHES. THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE A COLD FRONT TO PASS THROUGH THE UPSTATE OVER THE WEEKEND. ALONG WITH MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL HOWEVER...THE SYSTEM BRINGS THE THREAT OF SOME SEVERE WEATHER. A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING ALREADY PRODUCED SOME SMALL HAIL...AND A STORM JUST SOUTH OF GREENWOOD COUNTY BECAME SEVERE ABOUT 1130 AM. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF LOCALL"Y HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. THIS COULD PRODUCE RAPID RUNOFF AND CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING. PEOPLE IN THE UPSTATE SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER INFORMATION ON THE WEATHER SITUATION AS IT DEVELOPS DURING THE AFTERNOON. JONES
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
NCZ008-014-221600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC NOON EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MOST PART HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN IN POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST IN THE CAROLINAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA EXPIRED AT NOON. NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND THE STORM AT NOON HAD MOVED INTO RANDOLPH COUNTY. AT 1155 THIS MORNING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE AREA FROM SOUTHERN PINES NORTH TOWARD GREENSBORO AND BURLINGTON. ALSO AT 1155 RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY STORMS OVER WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA WEST AND NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA INTO THE GREENWOOD SOUTH CAROLINA AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE LATTER PORTION OF THE MORNING WHERE WARNINGS WERE ISSUED. STILL OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS BEING SHOWN BY RADAR IN THE MOUNTAINS FROM ASHEVILLE NORTH INTO SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. ALL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. EVERYONE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THOUGHTOUT THE CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON. WATCHES WILL BE ISSUED IN MANY AREAS AND UNDOUBTEDLY THESE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY WARNINGS. AND... INCLEMENT WEATHER IS A SERIOUS THREAT FOR EVERYONE IN THE CAROLINAS THROUGH 8MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1 PM UNLESS CONDITIONS REQUIRE AN EARLIER RELEASE. AND... WARNINGS ARE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY... BE ALERT. RK
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
NCZ 007-009-010-011-012-013-221740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 1240 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 AT 1235 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ONE IN MCDOWELL COUNTY AND ANOTHER ONE NORTH OF PICKEN SOUTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS..STRONG GUSTY WINDS.. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING uAND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. IF THREATHENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REU
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SCZ001>004-221800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 105 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER SPARTANBURG... AT 1255 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER AND JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS. AT 103 PM A SPOTTER REPORTED SMALL HAIL IN THE CITY. IF THIS STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IT COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING COULD BE REQUIRED FOR SPARTANBURG OR CHEROKEE COUNTIES. ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS WAS SHOWN ACROSS NORTHERN GREENVILLE...PICKENS... AND INTO OCONEE COUNTIES. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MPH. JONES
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:42 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SCZ001>004-221845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 142 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT... AT 135 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF ANDERSON EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR ATHENS GEORGIA. THIS LINE HAS INCREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE 115 PM AND WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF ANDERSON AND ACROSS ABBEVILLE...GREENWOOD... LAURENS...AND SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES BY 300 PM. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL OCCUR IF THESE STORMS BECOME SEVERE AND WARNINGS COULD BE REQUIRED AT ANY TIME. OTHER STORMS WERE SHOWN NORTH OF GREENVILLE AND NORTHEAST OF GAFFNEY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JONES
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:02 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
NCZ008-014-222100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 200 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM THS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA AS WELL AS RICHMOND COUNTY IN THE SANDHILLS. THE SAME WATCH INCLUDES THE ADJOINING COUNTIES OF CHEROKEE... YORK... CHESTER AND LANCASTER IN SOUTH CAROLINA... THE OVERALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS MOST OF SOUTH CAROLINA AS WELL AS A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE WATCH IS VALID UNTIL 5 PM EDT... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING AND MOVING OUT OF THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 155 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY INTENSIFYING OVER BURKE... RUTHERFORD AND POLK COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. AT THE SAME TIME A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF SHELBY. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO BE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THIS MEANS EVERYONE IN THE EASTERN ONE THIRD OF CLEVELAND COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING UNTIL AFTER 230. THEN MORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS LIKELY AS STORMS MOVE INTO WESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY AROUND 3 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM IN BURKE COUNTY AT 155 WILL MOVE INTO CATAWBA COUNTY BEFORE 215. THIS STORM WILL OVERSPREAD HICKORY AND CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTY BY 230 THIS AFTERNOON. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 3 OCLOCK THIS AFTERNOON UNLESS CONDITIONS REQUIRE AN EARLIER RELEASE. AND... AS ALWAYS... WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED IN THE MEANTIME... BE PREPARED. RK
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.