Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1992, 10:53 PM EDT for Anson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 1992, 10:53 PM EDT (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1992, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Anson County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 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
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 24, 8:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 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, 1 hour 54 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, 1 hour 38 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, 1 hour 28 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
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 10:10 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Stanly | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Montgomery | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Montgomery | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Stanly | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 57 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.