Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 1990, 4:37 PM EDT for Anderson County, South Carolina. It was in force for 68 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
- Apr 28, 1990, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1990, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Anderson, SC | |
| Apr 28, 5:12 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Anderson, 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, 8.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 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 282038
TORGSP
SCC007-282145-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
437 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
...ANDERSON
A SEVERE THUNDERTORM APPROACHING ANDERSON COUNTY HAS PRODUCED A NUMBER
OF REPORTS OF TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL. BASED ON CURRENT MOVEMENT THE
POSSIBLE TORNADO SHOWN BY RADAR IN THIS STORM WILL CROSS LAKE HARTWELL
AND MOVE INTO ANDERSON COUNTY ABOUT 445 PM. THE STORM WOULD THEN MOVE
NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF ANDERSON COUNTY.
PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO YOUR BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF
BUILDINGS...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.The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Laurens | 69 min |
| Apr 28, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 67 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes 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.