Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1994, 8:25 PM EDT for Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1994, 8:25 PM EDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1994, 8:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLT 160026 SVRCLT NCC109-160100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 825 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR EVERYONE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...LINCOLN COUNTY AT 825 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY BETWEEN LINCOLNTON AND DENVER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE LAKE NORMAN AREA THROUGH ABOUT 9 PM. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MUST BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. BE ALERT TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WHICH CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. JS
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, May 15, 6:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA
700 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994
614 PM EDT HAM OPPERATOR REPORTED HEAVY RAIN...35 MILE AN HOUR WINDS
...SMALL LIMBS DOWN IN CHEROKEE COUNTY.
MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND POWER OUTAGE REPORTED NEAR ANDREWS IN
CHEROKEE COUNTY.
614 PM EDT NORTH OF ROBBINSVILLE IN GRAHAM COUNTY REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES.
629 PM EDT MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY HAM OPPERATOR IN MORGANTON
IN BURKE COUNTY.
633 PM EDT REPORT BY HAM OPPERATOR POSSIBLE TORNADO NORTH OF
ROBBINSVILLE IN GRAHAM COUNTY.
636 PM EDT 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL NEAR SALEM AND CHAMBERS SOUTH ~OF I-40
IN BURKE COUNTY.
^
REULocal storm report, May 15, 7:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA
700 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994
614 PM EDT HAM OPPERATOR REPORTED HEAVY RAIN...35 MILE AN HOUR WINDS
...SMALL LIMBS DOWN IN CHEROKEE COUNTY.
MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND POWER OUTAGE REPORTED NEAR ANDREWS IN
CHEROKEE COUNTY.
614 PM EDT NORTH OF ROBBINSVILLE IN GRAHAM COUNTY REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES.
629 PM EDT MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY HAM OPPERATOR IN MORGANTON
IN BURKE COUNTY.
633 PM EDT REPORT BY HAM OPPERATOR POSSIBLE TORNADO NORTH OF
ROBBINSVILLE IN GRAHAM COUNTY.
636 PM EDT 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL NEAR SALEM AND CHAMBERS SOUTH OF I-40
IN BURKE COUNTY.
^
REUSpecial weather statement, May 15, 7:40 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
SCZ001>008-010-013-019-160030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 740 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES ALL UPSTATE COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF SALUDA NORTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE ALONG THE GREENVILLE COUNTY BORDER TO NEAR LANDRUM BY 8 PM. THE STORM WAS GAINING IN INTENSITY AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM SIMILAR STORMS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THIS STORM WEST OF LANDRUM COULD REACH SEVERE INTENSITY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST MOVING FROM NORTHERN GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INTO PICKENS AND OCONEE COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO WEST OF CALHOUN FALLS AND SOUTH OF GREENWOOD. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST ABOUT 20 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SO FAR IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. W. JONES/GSP
Special weather statement, May 15, 7:40 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
SCZ001>008-010-013-019-160030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 740 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES ALL UPSTATE COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF SALUDA NORTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE ALONG THE GREENVILLE COUNTY BORDER TO NEAR LANDRUM BY 8 PM. THE STORM WAS GAINING IN INTENSITY AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM SIMILAR STORMS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THIS STORM WEST OF LANDRUM COULD REACH SEVERE INTENSITY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST MOVING FROM NORTHERN GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INTO PICKENS AND OCONEE COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO WEST OF CALHOUN FALLS AND SOUTH OF GREENWOOD. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST ABOUT 20 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SO FAR IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. W. JONES/GSP
Special weather statement, May 15, 8:06 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SCZ001>008-010-013-019-160100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 806 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES ALL UPSTATE COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT... MARBLE SIZE HAIL FELL IN LANDRUM JUST BEFORE 8 PM ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL MOVE FROM LANDRUM ALONG THE SPARTANBURG COUNTY BORDER WITH NORTH CAROLINA TOWARD CHESNEE. GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE LIKELY FROM FINGERVILLE OVER TO CHESNEE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THIS STORM. A SECOND STRONG STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE FROM CLEVELAND/MARIETTA TO TIGERVILLE AND GOWENSVILLE...THEN INTO THE LANDRUM/CAMPOBELLO SECTION OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY. W. JONES/GSP
Special weather statement, May 15, 8:07 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SCZ001>008-010-013-019-160100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 806 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES ALL UPSTATE COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT... MARBLE SIZE HAIL FELL IN LANDRUM JUST BEFORE 8 PM ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL MOVE FROM LANDRUM ALONG THE SPARTANBURG COUNTY BORDER WITH NORTH CAROLINA TOWARD CHESNEE. GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE LIKELY FROM FINGERVILLE OVER TO CHESNEE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THIS STORM. A SECOND STRONG STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE FROM CLEVELAND/MARIETTA TO TIGERVILLE AND GOWENSVILLE...THEN INTO THE LANDRUM/CAMPOBELLO SECTION OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY. W. JONES/GSP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.