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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 16, 1990Anderson County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 1990, 8:12 PM EST for Anderson County, South 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
Mar 16, 1990, 8:12 PM EST (01:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 1990, 9:15 PM EST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Anderson 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 16, 8:25 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Anderson, 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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1990-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 60 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1990-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 428 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
428 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
525 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGSP 170112
TORGSP
SCC007-170215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
812 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
      SOUTHERN ANDERSON

AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX APPROACHING THE WARNED AREA HAS
PRODUCED CONSISTENT TORNADO REPORTS ACROSS PARTS OF GEORGIA.
THE STORM WILL THREATEN THE STARR...IVA...LOWNDESVILLE...AND
CALHOUN FALLS AREAS INITIALLY.

PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO YOUR BASEMENT OR THE CENTER OF
TuHE BUILDING AND COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS.
GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR
A DITCH.

 JONES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 8:16 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPAbbeville59 min
Mar 16, 8:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenwood33 min
Mar 16, 8:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLaurens63 min
Mar 17, 4:47 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPGreenville118 min
Mar 17, 6:07 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPGreenville, Pickens3 hr

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.