Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1990, 3:49 PM EDT for Gaston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 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
- Jul 1, 1990, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1990, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gaston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 4:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Gaston, 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 373 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 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 011953
SVRCLT
NCC071-012030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
349 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA
...GASTON
AT 345 PM EDT ... AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED NICKLE SIZED HAIL
AND WINDS ESTIMATED AT 50 MPH NEAR THE TOWN OF DALLAS IN GASTON
COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AND
THE CATAWBA RIVER AND WESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.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, Jul 1, 2:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
NCZ007-008-012000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 205 PM EDT SUNDAY JUL 1 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 9PM EDT. THIS WATCH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA ... CLEVELAND ... CATAWBA ... LINCOLN ... GASTON ... MECKLENBURG ... CABARRUS ... STANLY ... MONTGOMERY ... IREDELL AND ROWAN ... AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF ... CHEROKEE ... YORK ... CHESTER ... AND LANCASTER. AT 2 PM EDT ... CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR DETECTED SEVERAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA ... EXTENDING INTO SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. A RAIN SHOWER WAS LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ... DUE NORTH OF ASHEVILLE. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE SUCH TO FAVOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS DETECTED A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO RADIO OR CONTINUE TO WATCH TELEVISION TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE JUST BEFORE 4 PM EDT.l CLARK
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:04 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
SCZ001>004-012000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 300 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 250 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. VALVERDE
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:48 PM EDT, 1 minute before
NCZ007-008-012000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 348 PM EDT SUNDAY JUL 1 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 9PM EDT. THIS WATCH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA ... CLEVELAND ... CATAWBA ... LINCOLN ... GASTON ... MECKLENBURG ... CABARRUS ... STANLY ... MONTGOMERY ... IREDELL AND ROWAN ... AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF ... CHEROKEE ... YORK ... CHESTER ... AND LANCASTER. AT 345 PM EDT ... CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND OVER NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAD DRIFTED SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST INTO EXTREME WESTERN YORK COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. RADAR ALSO DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL GASTON COUNTY AND OVER SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY ... BOTH IN NORTH CAROLINA. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF YORK COUNTY AND INTO CHESTER AND LANCASTER COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEFORE 5 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM OVER GASTON COUNTY WILL MOVE INTO ACROSS THE CATAWBA RIVER ... POSSIBLY GATHERING ADDITIONAL STRENGTH AS IT INVADES WESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY AROUND 445 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN UNION COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA BETWEEN 430 AND 445 PM EDT. SPOTTY SHOWERS WERE BEGINNING TO FORM ELSEWHERE IN THE UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE PIEDMONT CAROLINAS. THOUGH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING ... MANY AREAS WILL RECEIVE BENEFICIAL AND MUCH NEEDED AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED CUMULONIMBUS MAMMATUS OCCURRING OVER ALEXANDER COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA JUST WEST OF BARRETTS MOUNTAIN AT 315 PM EDT. AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED NEAR BLOWING ROCK REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL ... GUSTY WINDS ... AND TORRENTIAL RAINS OCCURRING NEAR LENOIR WITH A NEARLY IDENTICAL REPORT RECEIVED FROM BLOWING ROCK AT 330 PM EDT. THE OFFICIAL IN CHARGE OF THE CHARLOTTE OFFICE REPORTED HAIL BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2 INCH ... GUSTY WINDS ... TORRENTIAL RAINS ... AND SOME ROAD FLOODING AT BOONE BETWEEN 327 AND 330 PM EDT. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE SUCH TO FAVOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS DETECTED A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO RADIO OR CONTINUE TO WATCH TELEVISION TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE JUST BEFORE 6 PM EDT. CLARK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 59 min |
| Jul 1, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Montgomery | 55 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.