Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 1992, 12:28 PM EST for Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 32 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 19, 1992, 12:28 PM EST (17:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1992, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pickens County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 12:35 PM EST | Hail 1 | Pickens, 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Mar 19, 11:46 AM EST, 42 minutes before
SCZ001-002-004-191800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 1145 AM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES UPSTATE UNTIL 400 PM EST... AT 1130 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AND JUST MOVING INTO OCONEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE A LITTLE LATER. HOWEVER...THE MAIN THREAT FOR THE UPSTATE SHOULD OCCUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY IN NORTH ALABAMA AND TENNESEE MOVE TOWARD THE UPSTATE. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL HAVE BECOME VERY UNSTABLE BY THE TIME THE STORMS REACH US. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT LARGE HAIL !WILL BE THE BIGGEST THREAT...A FEW PLACES IN THE UPSTATE COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT HAILSTORM. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS IF THE STORMS MOVE ACROSS. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. W. JONES/GSP
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 11:50 AM EST, 38 minutes before
NCZ007-008-191750- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1150 AM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR MOST OF WESTERN ... NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS INCLUDES A PORTION OF NORTH CAROLINAS SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND SOUTH CAROLINAS EASTERN FOOTHILLS ... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINAS SOUTHERN PIEDMONT ... CLEVELAND AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINAS EASTERN PIEDMONT ... CHEROKEE AT 1150 AM EST WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLOTTE SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE NORTH OF ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 100 MILES OF CHARLOTTE ... NO PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1250 PM EST OR EARLIER SHOULD CONDITIONS WORSEN. MATT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 11:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Clay | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 11:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 58 min |
| Mar 19, 12:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham | 55 min |
| Mar 19, 1:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba | 37 min |
| Mar 19, 2:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Mar 19, 2:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 3:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 12:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 41 min |
| Mar 19, 1:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 62 min |
| Mar 19, 1:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 61 min |
| Mar 19, 1:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 68 min |
| Mar 19, 2:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 42 min |
| Mar 19, 2:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.