Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1992, 3:17 PM EST for Gaston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports 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 7, 1992, 3:17 PM EST (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1992, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gaston County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 3:35 PM EST | Hail 1 | Gaston, NC | |
| Mar 7, 3:54 PM EST | Hail 1.25 | Gaston, NC |
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 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 7, 2:04 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SCZ001-002-071930- BULLETIN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 203 PM EST SAT MAR 7 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER MOUNTAINS... AT 2 PM THUNDERSTORMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. THEY WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO MOVE TOWARD THE EAST OR SOUTHEAST AND AND MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WIND ALONG THEIR PATH. REM
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 2:37 PM EST, 40 minutes before
NCZ008-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 230 PM EST SAT MAR 07 1992 ...THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CLEVELAND COUNTY OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 220 PM EST CHARLOTTE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO CLEVELAND COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA WEST OF THE TOWN OF SHELBY NEAR LATTIMORE. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THE STORM INTO SHELBY BY 245 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS STORM MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. AT 225 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN CLEVELAND COUNTY REPORTED NO SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS STORM. NO ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED UNLESS CONDITIONS WORSEN. BRP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 48 min |
| Mar 7, 3:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 49 min |
| Mar 7, 3:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 32 min |
| Mar 7, 4:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 4:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 53 min |
| Mar 6, 10:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 67 min |
| Mar 6, 10:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.