Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1991, 11:36 AM EDT for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1991, 11:36 AM EDT (15:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1991, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mecklenburg County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 191539 TORCLT NCC119-191615- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED - 107.9 SUNNY FM ACTIVATE TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1136 AM EDT WED JUN 19 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM EDT FOR EVERYONE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...MECKLENBURG COUNTY AT 1134 AM WILDLIFE OFFICIALS ON LAKE NORMAN REPORT A WATERSPOUT ON LAKE NORMAN NEAR THE MECKLENBURG...LINCOLN AND IREDELL COUNTY BORDER. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTH AT ABOUT 7 MPH. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO A 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 19, 10:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SCZ001>004-191600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 1015 AM EDT WED JUN 19 1991 ...SHOWERS DUMP HEAVY RAIN IN ANDERSON... AT 10 AM EDT HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING JUST EAST OF LAKE HARTWELL...FROM IVA NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CITY OF ANDERSON TO PENDLETON. THE SHOWERS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE HEAVIRST RAIN WAS FALLING IN AND AROUND ANDERSON. AT THE ANDERSON AIRPORT RAIN DURING THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF MEASURED THREE INCHES. THE HEAVY SHOWERS ARE MOVING INTO UPSTATE AREAS THAT RECIEVED HEAVY RAIN LAST EVENING...AND THE GROUND IS ALREADY WET. THESE SLOW MOVING SHOWERS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME LOCAL FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. SOME RODAWAYS WILL COVERED WITH WATER...AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION IN THE GREENVILLE AND ANDERSON VICINITIES DURING THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS. MUSGROVE
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 11:14 AM EDT, 22 minutes before
SCZ001>004-191700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 1112 AM EDT WED JUN 19 1991 ...SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEAR LAKE HARTWELL... RAIN SHOWERS MOVE SLOWLY OVER ANDERSON COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA. AT 1105 AM SHOWERS WERE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FROM LAKE HARTWELL THROUGH CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY TO THE PIEDMONT COMMUNITY...AND WERE SPREADING INTO SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY. THE SHIRIFFS OFFICE IN ANDERSON REPORTED SOME ROADWAYS UNDER WATER EAST AND SOUTHWEST OF ANDERSON CITY AT 1045 AM WITH A FEW AUTOMOBILES STALLED. THE SLOW MOVING SHOWERS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCAL FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE SECTIONS FROM ANDERSON TO GREENVILLE DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION...AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMP TO CROSS FLOOD ROADS. MUSGROVE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.