Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 4:53 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Mecklenburg, 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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 3:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 43 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 |
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.