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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 7, 1992Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 1992, 4:37 PM EST for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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 7, 1992, 4:37 PM EST (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 1992, 5:30 PM EST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Mecklenburg County, NC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 7, 4:53 PM ESTHail 0.75Mecklenburg, 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 nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 12:00Z on 1992-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 301 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
301 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLT 072137
TORCLT
NCC119-072230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
437 PM EST SAT MAR 7 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EST
FOR EVERYONE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...MECKLENBURG COUNTY
 
AT 435 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A TORNADO OVER LAKE
NORMAN. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST ABOUT 20 MPH AND
INTO NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY. PEOPLE IN DAVIDSON AND CORNELIUS
SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO SAFEGUARD LIFE AND PROPERTY.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 2 hours 33 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, 2 hours 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
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 4:12 PM EST, 25 minutes before
SCZ001-002-072200-

BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
411 PM EST SAT MAR 7 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ABBEVILLE...CHEROKEE...
GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...LAURENS...SPARTANBURG...UNION COUNTIES OF
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 9 PM EST...

AT 405 PM RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL
AND EXTREME NORTHEAST CHEROKEE COUNTY. THE STORM PASSING OVER THE
NORTHEAST TIP OF CHEROKEE COUNTY HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL IN NORTH
CAROLINA AND HAS MOVED INTO NORTHWEST YORK COUNTY.

THE OTHER THUNDERSTORM IN CHEROKEE COUNTY WAS JUST SOUTHEAST OF
GAFFNEY AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO WESTERN YORK COUNTY BETWEEN 4 AND
430 PM. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH THIS
STORM. HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THIS THUNDERSTORM
TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY.

PEOPLE IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THESE
STORMS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.

ROBBINS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 2:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland48 min
Mar 7, 3:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba49 min
Mar 7, 3:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston43 min
Mar 7, 3:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba32 min
Mar 7, 4:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.