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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 24, 1992Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1992, 9:42 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 1992, 9:42 PM EDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 1992, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1992-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1992-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLT 250143
SVRCLT
NCC025-119-250230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
942 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR EVERYONE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...CABARRUS COUNTY...MECKLENBURG COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 940 PM DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM EXTERME NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY EAST INTO
NORTHERN CABARRUS COUNTY. THE POSITION OF THESE STORMS WERE FROM
CORNELIUS SOUTHEAST TO CONCORD.
 
BOATERS ON LAKE NORMAN SHOULD GO TO HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
 
MOVEMENT WASV TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.
 
RNM

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 24, 7:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
NCZ009-010-011-012-250030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
730 PM EDT FRI  APR 24 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..
NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND MADISON COUNTY OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF
NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 1100PM...

AT 720 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.  THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE NORTH OF FRANKLIN  IN MACON COUNTY AND NORTH OF MURPHY IN
CHEROKEE COUNTY.  THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER VERY STRONG STORMS WERE IN EASTERN TENNESSEE NEAR KNOXVILLE AND
CHATTANOOGA.

MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CHEROKEE COUNTY AT AROUND 645PM FROM
AN EARLIER STORM.
THE STRONG STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL..STRONG WINDS..HEAVY RAIN AS WELL
AS DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED.
HM
Local storm report, Apr 24, 8:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA
815 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992

650 PM EDT...WKRK REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN DOWNTOWN MURPHY IN
             CHEROKEE COUNTY.

744 PM EDT...SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL NEAR GREEN
             MOUNTAIN IN YANCEY COUNTY.

744 PM EDT...SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL EAST OF PENLAND
             IN MITCHELL COUNTY.

EJC
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 8:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SCZ001-002-004-250200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
825 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE UPSTATE...

AT 820 PM SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH CAROLINA NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER.
ONE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAESERS HEAD SC MOVING EASTWARD.
REPORTS OF MARBLE TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN
PARTS OF TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING WITH THESE STORMS AND
WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THESE STORMS AS THEY
MOVE TOWARD NORTHERN AREAS OF THE UPSTATE
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER >RADIO...TV...OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER
STATEMNETS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LEFKOF
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 8:59 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
NCZ007-009-010-011-012-013-250145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
900 PM EDT FRI  APR 25 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..
NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND MADISON COUNTY OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF
NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 1100PM...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
INTENSE LIGHTNING WAS REPORTED BY A SKYWARN SPOTTER IN YANCEY COUNTY.

SOME STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN MITCHELL COUNTY AS A STORM MOVED
THROUGH THAT COUNTY.

THE STRONG STORMS MAY PROCUCE HAIL..STRONG WINDS..HEAVY RAIN AS WELL
AS DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.
HM
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 9:15 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
NCZ008-250300

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
915 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN PIEDMONT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT...EAST OF GREENSBORO...SPREADING SOUTHWEST
THROUGH NORTHERN STANLY COUNTY INTO EASTERN CABARRUS COUNTY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE FROM NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY WEST THROUGH
LINCOLN...GASTON AND CLEVELAND COUNTY INTO THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS.

ALL MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH.

INTENSE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTING WINDS AND
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED FROM CONCORD TO ALBEMARLE BEFORE
930 THIS EVENING.  ANYONE WITHIN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF THE PATH OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE AWARE OF SUDDEN THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO GO QUICKLY TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF WEATHER RELATED DA)MAGES TO THE NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO DIRECT THAT REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1100 PM OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WORSEN OR SOME WEATHER DAMAGES ARE REPORTED.

RNM
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 9:25 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
SCZ001-002-004-250230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
925 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE UPSTATE...

AT 920 THIS EVENING SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
FROM WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHERN GEORGIA INTO
THE UPSTATE. ONE STORM PRODUCED PEA-SIZE HAIL IN NORTH GREENVILLE
COUNTY. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTH GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA. THEY WERE WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH AND WILL
AFFECT THE UPSTATE LATER THIS EVENING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THESE STORMS AS THEY
MOVE INTO THE UPSTATE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV...OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS ANCD POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LEFKOF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMacon38 min
Apr 24, 9:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPStanly38 min
Apr 24, 9:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMontgomery47 min
Apr 24, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMontgomery40 min
Apr 24, 10:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Stanly40 min
Apr 24, 10:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnson37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.