Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 4:07 PM EDT for Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1994, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1994, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Transylvania County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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, Apr 27, 3:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
NCZ068>074-082>084-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 300 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 8 PM... ...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 255 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... DEADLY FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OVER A LARGE AREA OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. AND WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF CATAWBA COUNTY BY 315 PM. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS JUST TO THE NORTH OF HICKORY IN CATAWBA COUNTY AND CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST TO THE VIRGINIA BORDER. TO THE SOUTHWEST THE LINE WAS JUST WEST OF WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY AND STRETCHED TO THE ASHEVILLE AREA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. ALTHOUGH NO WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT IN THE AREA CONTINUE TO MONITOR TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE READY TO fTAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 4 PM. GWC
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SCZ001>008-010>013-019-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 302 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL UPSTATE COUNTIES EXCEPT GREENWOOD UNTIL 800 PM EDT... RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM SOUTH OF ASHEVILLE TO NEAR CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS NEAR ASHEVILLE. THESE STORMS MAY ENTER THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF OCONEE...PICKENS...AND GREENVILLE COUNTIES BY 400 PM. INTENSE LIGHTNING ALONG WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE INTO THE UPSTATE. UPSTATE RESIDENT3S AND AREA BOATERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF THESE STORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LEFKOF/GSP
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:07 PM EDT, 1 hour before
NCZ068>074-082>084-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 300 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 CORRECTED TO INCLUDE COUNTIED IN THE WATCH... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 8 PM... ...IN NORTH CAROLINA THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH... CLEVELAND... CATAWBA... LINCOLN... GASTON... MECKLENBURG... CABARRUS... STANLY... IREDELL... AND ROWAN... ...IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE WATCH COVERS CHEROKEE... YORK... CHESTER... AND LANCASTER... ...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 255 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... DEADLY FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OVER A LARGE AREA OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. AND WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF CATAWBA COUNTY BY 315 PM. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS JUST TO THE NORTH OF HICKORY IN CATAWBA COUNTY AND CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST TO THE VIRGINIA BORDER. TO THE SOUTHWEST THE LINE WAS JUST WEST OF WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY AND STRETCHED TO THE ASHEVILLE AREA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. ALTHOUGH NO WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT IN THE AREA CONTINUE TO MONITvOR TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 4 PM. GWC
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:09 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
NCZ068-069-070-071-072-073-074-082-083-084-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 300 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 CORRECTED TO INCLUDE COUNTIES IN THE WATCH... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 8 PM... ...IN NORTH CAROLINA THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH... CLEVELAND... CATAWBA... LINCOLN... GASTON... MECKLENBURG... CABARRUS... STANLY... IREDELL... AND ROWAN... ...IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE WATCH COVERS CHEROKEE... YORK... CHESTER... AND LANCASTER... ...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 255 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... DEADLY FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OVER A LARGE AREA OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. AND WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF CATAWBA COUNTY BY 315 PM. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS JUST TO THE NORTH OF HICKORY IN CATAWBA COUNTY AND CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST TO THE VIRGINIA BORDER. TO THE SOUTHWEST THE LINE WAS JUST WEST OF WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY AND STRETCHED TO THE ASHEVILLE AREA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. ALTHOUGH NO WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT IN THEx AREA CONTINUE TO MONITOR TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 4 PM. GWC
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:14 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
NCZ056-068>074-082>084-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 300 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 ...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE COUNTIES IN THE WATCH... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 8 PM... ...IN NORTH CAROLINA THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH... CLEVELAND... CATAWBA... LINCOLN... GASTON... MECKLENBURG... CABARRUS... STANLY... IREDELL... AND ROWAN... ...IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE WATCH COVERS CHEROKEE... YORK... CHESTER... AND LANCASTER... ...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 255 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... DEADLY FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OVER A LARGE AREA OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. AND WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF CATAWBA COUNTY BY 315 PM. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS JUST TO THE NORTH OF HICKORY IN CATAWBA COUNTY AND CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST TO THE VIRGINIA BORDER. TO THE SOUTHWEST THE LINE WAS JUST WEST OF WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY AND STRETCHED TO THE ASHEVILLE AREA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. ALTHOUGH NO WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT IN THE AREA CONTINUE TO MONITOR TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 4 PM. GWC
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 4:05 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 11:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Swain | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Graham | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell | 67 min |
| Apr 27, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 69 min |
| Apr 27, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 66 min |
| Apr 27, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 68 min |
| Apr 27, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 56 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.