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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 28, 1994Union County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1994, 7:26 AM EST for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 1994, 7:26 AM EST (12:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 1994, 8:15 AM EST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Union County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 1994-03-28Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1994-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 274 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
102 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
533 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 28, 2:25 AM EST, 5 hours 1 minute before
NCZ056-068>074-082>084-281100

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
220 AM EST MON MAR 28 1994

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR CATAWBA... CLEVELAND...LINCOLN... GASTON...
MECKLENBURG... IREDELL... ROWAN AND CABARRUS COUNTIES OF NORTH
CAROLINA AND CHEROKEE ...YORK... CHESTER AND LANCASTER COUNTIES IN
SOUTH CAROLINA HAS EXPIRED...

... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR
CLEVELAND... CATAWBA... LINCOLN...GASTON AND IREDELL COUNTIES AND
WEST THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS...

AT 210 AM WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLOTTE SHOWED SHOWERS FROM JUST WEST PF
SHELBY NORTH THROUGH HICKORY EXTENDING INTO SOUTHERN VIRGINIA.  THE
AREA OF PRECIPITATION SPREAD WEST THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH
ACROSS THE STATE LINE INTO A SECTION OF WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA.
MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS LIMITED TO A SMALL SECTION OF EXTREME
WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA.  SOME ISOLATED REDEVELOPMENT OF hTHUNDERSTORMS
REMAINS POSSIBLY BUT SHOULD BE VERY LIMITED.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 6 AM.

RNM
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 2:31 AM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
SCZ001>008-010>013-019-280830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
230 AM EST MON MAR 28 1994

...TORNADO WATCH THE UPSTATE HAS EXPIRED...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 400 AM...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
EXTENDED FROM NEAR THE CITY OF GREENVILLE ACROSS ANDERSON INTO CENTRAL
GEORGIA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND HAD DECREASED IN
INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HOUR. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WITHIN THIS LINE WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

REPORTS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
DURING THE PAST HOUR. WINDS GUSTED TO AROUND 45 MPH AT THE GREENVILLE
SPARTANBURG AT 1 AM AND A REPORT WAS RECEIVED OF ROOF DAMAGE AND A TREE
DOWN JUST NORTH OF GREER NEAR BLUE RIDGE.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE SLOWLY IN
INTENSITY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...HOWEVER STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG AND NEAR THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

ROBBINS/GSP
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 2:59 AM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
SCZ001>008-010>013-019-280930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
300 AM EST MON MAR 28 1994

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF UPSTATE SOUTH
   CAROLINA UNTIL 4 AM...
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF THE
CITY OF ANDERSON SOUTHWEST ACROSS IVA AND STAR INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
THE STRONGEST STORM WITH THIS LINE WAS OVER THE CITY OF ANDERSON.
THIS LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH AND SHOULD AFFECT
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN GREENVILLE AND
ABBEVILLE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE AREA OF THESE THUNDERTORMS. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD ALSO BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OF ROADWAYS...SMALL STREAMS...
AND LOW LYING AREAS.

ROBBINS/GSP
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 4:21 AM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SCZ001>008-010>013-019-281130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
420 AM EST MON MAR 28 1994

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF UPSTATE SOUTH
   CAROLINA TODAY...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG...EXTENDED
FROM CHEROKEE ACROSS SPARTANBURG...LAURENS...AND ABBEVILLE COUNTIES.
THIS LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH AND SHOULD ALSO AFFECT
UNION AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES BY 6 AM.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE AREA OF THESE THUNDERTORMS. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD ALSO BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OF ROADWAYS...SMALL STREAMS...
AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL.

OTHER SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN OCONEE...
PICKENS...ANDERSON AND GREENVILLE COUNTES.
ROBBINS/GSP
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 6:01 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 7:05 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPCherokee, Graham25 min
Mar 27, 7:10 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPCatawba50 min
Mar 27, 7:18 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPCleveland57 min
Mar 27, 7:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMacon, Swain51 min
Mar 27, 8:43 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPMacon47 min
Mar 27, 8:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Madison47 min
Mar 27, 9:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Mitchell44 min
Mar 27, 9:16 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPJackson44 min
Mar 27, 9:35 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPTransylvania40 min
Mar 28, 1:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPCherokee, Clay, Macon3 hr
Mar 28, 1:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood, Madison, Yancey3 hr
Mar 28, 1:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Watauga3 hr
Mar 28, 1:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPAshe3 hr
Mar 28, 1:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania3 hr
Mar 28, 1:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPGraham, Jackson, Swain3 hr
Mar 28, 3:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCaldwell33 min
Mar 28, 5:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell3 hr
Mar 28, 5:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPBuncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Madison, Yancey3 hr
Mar 28, 5:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPMitchell3 hr
Mar 28, 5:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPCherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon3 hr
Mar 28, 5:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPAshe, Watauga3 hr
Mar 28, 5:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPHaywood, Jackson, Swain, Transylvania3 hr
Mar 28, 6:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg47 min
Mar 27, 9:18 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPOconee31 min
Mar 27, 10:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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.