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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 27, 1994Cherokee County, Clay County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1994, 1:50 PM EST for Cherokee County, Clay County, North Carolina. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1994, 1:50 PM EST (18:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1994, 2:45 PM EST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1994-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1994-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 530 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
530 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
654 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAVL 271851
SVRAVL
NCC039-043-271945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
150 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...CHEROKEE COUNTY...CLAY COUNTY
 
AT 150 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHERN GEORGIA MOVING TOWARD CHEROKEE AND
CLAY COUNTIES AT NEARLY 50 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY BE ACCOMPANINED BY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...TORRENTIAL
RAIN...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE...CLAY...GRAHAM...
JACKSON...AND SWAIN COUNTIES.
 
PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ESPECIALLY ALERT...BE READY TO
MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY.  DON'T DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
 
R. JONES/AVL

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

Local storm report, Mar 27, 10:00 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
1000 AM EST SUN MAR 27 1994

TIME            EVENT

925 AM EST      POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN IN CLAY COUNTY.  REPORTED BY
                CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF`S DEPARTMENT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 1:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGraham, Swain58 min
Mar 27, 3:35 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPJackson, Transylvania40 min
Mar 27, 3:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMacon59 min
Mar 27, 4:08 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPHenderson, Polk67 min
Mar 27, 4:45 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPRutherford45 min
Mar 27, 5:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland55 min
Mar 27, 5:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPTransylvania37 min
Mar 27, 5:29 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPGaston61 min
Mar 27, 5:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson66 min
Mar 27, 5:53 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPGaston37 min
Mar 27, 5:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPTransylvania34 min
Mar 27, 6:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Graham63 min
Mar 27, 6:27 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPGaston33 min
Mar 27, 6:31 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPGaston59 min
Mar 27, 6:53 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPCabarrus52 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.