Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 1990, 5:42 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 63 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
- Aug 15, 1990, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 1990, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 5:58 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Union, 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 134 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
- 213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 899 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 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 152143
SVRCLT
NCC179-152245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
542 PM EDT WED AUG 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
...UNION
AT 540 PM EDT ... CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA. THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AND THE TOWN OF MONROE AT
ABOUT 10 MPH.
THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED LARGE HAIL OVER PORTIONS OF MECKLENBURG
COUNTY.
AT 511 PM EDT ... THE MECKLENBURG COUNTY POLICE REPORTED ONE AND ONE
QUARTER INCH HAIL ON NATIONS FORD ROAD. THEY ALSO REPORTED THAT
LIGHTNING HAD CAUSED 5 HOUSE FIRES IN 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.
CLARKWhat 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, Aug 15, 3:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SCZ001>004-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 315 PM EDT WED AUG 15 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE UPSTATE AREA... AT 311 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA... MAINLY IN ABBEVILLE...LAURENS AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN PUMKINTOWN IN PICKENS COUNTY AND CLEVELAND IN GREENVILLE COUNTY AND IN NORTH AND SOUTH OCONEE COUNTY. PEOPLE IN THE UPSTATE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS. VALVERDE
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SCZ001>004-152110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 410 PM EDT WED AUG 15 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... AT 405 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE UPSTATE. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE IN SOUTHERN OCONEE AND WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES NEAR FAIR PLAY...THIS STORM WAS MOVING ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF LAKE HARTWELL AND BOATERS SHOULD BE ALERT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE ALSO LOCATED JUST OVER THE EASTERN LAURENS COUNTY LINE IN NEWBERRY COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM WAS ALONG THE OCONEE AND PICKENS COUNTY LINE OVER NORTHERN LAKE KEOWEE. ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS. ROBBINS
Local storm report, Aug 15, 4:42 PM EDT, 1 hour before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
440 PM EDT WED AUG 15 1990
ATTN SELS...
THE FOLLOWING IS AN ADDITIONAL REPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
REPORTED TO WSO CHARLOTTE ON AUG 14 1990.
TIME EVENT
615 PM EDT TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON MCALWAY ROAD IN
AUG 14 1990 CHARLOTTE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY REPORTED BY LOCAL
NEWSPAPER.
JDSSpecial weather statement, Aug 15, 4:44 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
NCZ008-152200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 440 PM EDT WED AUG 15 1990 ... THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS MECKLENBURG COUNTY ... AT 440 PM EDT ... CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CHARLOTTE'S DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AND THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE AROUND 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM BEGAN AT THE AIRPORT AT 4:08 PM AND DROPPED A TENTH OF AN INCH OF WELCOME RAINFALL IN 30 MINUTES. STRONGEST WIND RECORDED WITH THE THUNDERSTORM AT THE AIRPORT WAS A GUST FROM THE NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO DRIFT TOWARD THE EAST ... POSSIBLY INTO SOUTHERN CABARRUS OR NORTHERN UNION COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE DISSIPATING. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE OVER CHARLOTTE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE AFTERNOON TRAFFIC. SUDDEN DOWNPOURS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND COULD RESULT IN SOME POOLING AT INTERSECTIONS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. ANYONE DRIVING SHOULD TAKE SPECIAL CARE DURING THIS STORM. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED ON THIS THUNDERSTORM UNLESS CONDITIONS WORSEN OR REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE RECEIVED. CLARK
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 5:01 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SCZ001>004-152210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 500 PM EDT WED AUG 15 1990 AT 455 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE IN SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY NEAR FOUNTAIN INN...IN CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG...AND IN NORTHERN OCONEE COUNTY NEAR LAKE JOCASSEE. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY. ROBBINS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 42 min |
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.