Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1992, 4:49 PM EDT for Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 1992, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 1992, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Laurens County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 734 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
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, Apr 21, 3:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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NCZ007-008-014-212200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 410 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS VALID FROM 4 UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS A LARGE PORTION OF BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. IN PARTICULAR THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES WITHIN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA INCLUDE CATAWBA... LINCOLN... CLEVELAND... GASTON... MECKLENBURG... UNION... CABARRUS... IREDELL... ROWAN... STANLY... ANSON ... RICHMOND AND MONTGOMERY. IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE COUNTIES INCLUDE CHEROKEE... YORK... CHESTER AND LANCASTER... ALL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITHIN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAIN. AT 405 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLOTTE SHOWED A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF CHARLOTTE FROM JUST SOUTH OF CONCORD /CABARRUS COUNTY/ SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MONROE /UNION COUNTY/ AND ON SOUTHWEST INTO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR ROUTE 74 MIDWAY BETWEEN MATTHEWS AND MONROE. HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST OVER PORTIONS OF UNION AND CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 445 THIS AFTERNOON. AND... AT 405 A SINGLE THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF CHARLOTTE. AT THE SAME TIME WELL TO THE WEST OF CHARLOTTE BUT APPROACHING CLEVELAND AND CATAWBA COUNTIES THUNDERSTORMS IN A FAIRLY WELL DEFINED LINE WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS... WITH ACCOMPANYING HEAVY RAIN... WILL MOVE INTO CATAWBA AND CLEVELAND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND CHEROKEE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA WELL BEFORE 5 THIS AFTERNOON. THE GROUND THROUGHOUT THE AREA WITHIN SOME 100 MILES OF CHARLOTTE IS SATURATED. THIS MEANS RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL RUN OFF RAPIDLY. POOLING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY. AND... STREAMS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES WILL RISE QUICKLY DESPITE WHERE SEVERAL SHOWERS OCCUR WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD. RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC MAY ENCOUNTER RAIN WHICH WILL SLOW TRAFFIC THIS EVENING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE EAST OF CHARLOTTE THROUGH UNION... CABARRUS... STANLY AND ANSON COUNTIES. COMMUTERS TO THE WEST IN CLEVELAND AND CATAWBA COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA AND CHEROKEE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MAY ALSO ENCOUNTER HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL HAMPER TRAVEL DURING THE EVENING. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED JUST PRIOR TO 5 PM. EVERYONE SHOULD BE ALERT IN THE MEANTIME SHOULD WARNINGS BE REQUIRED. RK
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 4:25 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
NCZ007-008-014-212200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 425 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS VALID FROM 4 UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS A LARGE PORTION OF BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. IN PARTICULAR THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES WITHIN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA INCLUDE CATAWBA... LINCOLN... CLEVELAND... GASTON... MECKLENBURG... UNION... CABARRUS... IREDELL... ROWAN... STANLY... ANSON ... RICHMOND AND MONTGOMERY. IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE COUNTIES INCLUDE CHEROKEE... YORK... CHESTER AND LANCASTER... ALL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITHIN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAIN. AT 405 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLOTTE SHOWED A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF CHARLOTTE FROM JUST SOUTH OF CONCORD /CABARRUS COUNTY/ SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MONROE /UNION COUNTY/ AND ON SOUTHWEST INTO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR ROUTE 74 MIDWAY BETWEEN MATTHEWS AND MONROE. HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST OVER PORTIONS OF UNION AND CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 445 THIS AFTERNOON. AND... AT 405 A SINGLE THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF CHARLOTTE. AT THE SAME TIME WELL TO THE WEST OF CHARLOTTE BUT APPROACHING CLEVELAND AND CATAWBA COUNTIES THUNDERSTORMS IN A FAIRLY WELL DEFINED LINE WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS... WITH ACCOMPANYING HEAVY RAIN... WILL MOVE INTO CATAWBA AND CLEVELAND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND CHEROKEE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA WELL BEFORE 5 THIS AFTERNOON. THE GROUND THROUGHOUT THE AREA WITHIN SOME 100 MILES OF CHARLOTTE IS SATURATED. THIS MEANS RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL RUN OFF RAPIDLY. POOLING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY. AND... WATER IN STREAMS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES WILL RISE QUICKLY DESPITE WHERE SEVERAL SHOWERS OCCUR WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD. RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC MAY ENCOUNTER RAIN WHICH WILL SLOW TRAFFIC THIS EVENING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE EAST OF CHARLOTTE THROUGH UNION... CABARRUS... STANLY AND ANSON COUNTIES. COMMUTERS TO THE WEST IN CLEVELAND AND CATAWBA COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA AND CHEROKEE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MAY ALSO ENCOUNTER HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL HAMPER TRAVEL DURING THE EVENING. H THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED JUST PRIOR TO 5 PM. EVERYONE SHOULD BE ALERT IN THE MEANTIME SHOULD WARNINGS BE REQUIRED. RK
Local storm report, Apr 21, 4:26 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 425 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992 DATE/TIME 422 PM TREES DOWN SOUTH OF GAFFNEY REPORTED BY SPOTTER. JONES
Local storm report, Apr 21, 4:37 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 437 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992 DATE/TIME 435 PM SPOTTER REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL DOWNTOWN GREENWOOD. JONES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 8:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Caldwell, Watauga | 116 min |
| Apr 20, 10:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 4 hr |
| Apr 20, 10:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell, Watauga | 4 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Watauga | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 32 min |
| Apr 21, 6:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 6:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 51 min |
| Apr 21, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 64 min |
| Apr 21, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 61 min |
| Apr 21, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 58 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.