Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1994, 4:58 PM EST for Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1994, 4:58 PM EST (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1994, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGSP 272159 TORGSP SCC045-077-272300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 458 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY...EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR PICKENS HAD REGAINED TORNADIC CHARACTERISTICS. MODERATE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THE LEADINING EDGE OF THE STORM IN EASLEY BY AMATEUR RADIO. ROTATION WAS OBSERVED IN THE STORM BY SPOTTERS. THIS STORM WILL MOVE FROM EASLEY VERY NEAR THE CITY OF GREENVILLE. PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE COVER AND FOLLOW TORNADO SAFEY RULES AS THE STORM APPROACHES. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO YOUR BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT GO NEAR DOORSL OR WINDOWS. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A DITCH. W. JONES/GSP
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
Local storm report, Mar 27, 3:26 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 325 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 TORNADO 319 PM LONG CREEK TORNADO ON GROUND 2 INJURED 2 HOMES DESTROYED. W. JONES/GSP
Local storm report, Mar 27, 3:40 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 340 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 330 PM OCONEE COUNTY REPORTS TORNADO DAMAGE WIDEPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN PART OF COUNTY WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES...ST|ORM HAD LIFTED AND HEADED TOWARD SALEM AT LAST REPORT. W. JONES/GSP
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 3:59 PM EST, 59 minutes before
NCZ056-068>074-082>084-272200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 400 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. CLEVELAND... LINCOLN... GASTON... IREDELL... MECKLENBURG... ROWAN... CABARRUS... UNION... STANLY... ANSON... MONTGOMERY... AND RICHMOND IN NORTH CAROLINA... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA ALSO UNTIL 9 PM. CHEROKEE... YORK... CHESTER.... AND LANCASTER. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CLEVELAND... CATAWBA... LINCOLN... AND GASTON COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 350 PM WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. THE AREA WAS MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF CATAWBA AND CLEVELAND COUNTIES. TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. TORNADOES HAVE TOUCHED DOWN THROUGHOUT NORTHERN GEORGIA AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES PLEASE TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND FOR ANY WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 PM. GK
Local storm report, Mar 27, 4:01 PM EST, 57 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 400 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 355 PM OCONEE COUNTY MOUNTAIN REST TORNADO DAMAGE. SECOND STORM. W. JONES/GSP
Local storm report, Mar 27, 4:19 PM EST, 39 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 418 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 415 PM GOLF BALL HAIL CLEVELAND GREENVILLE COUNTY. W. JONES/GSP
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 4:58 PM EST, 0 minutes before
NCZ056-068>074-082>084-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 500 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. CLEVELAND... LINCOLN... GASTON... IREDELL... MECKLENBURG... ROWAN... CABARRUS... UNION... STANLY... ANSON... MONTGOMERY... AND RICHMOND IN NORTH CAROLINA... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA ALSO UNTIL 9 PM. CHEROKEE... YORK... CHESTER.... AND LANCASTER. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CLEVELAND... CATAWBA... LINCOLN... AND GASTON COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 450 PM WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. THE AREA NOW COVERED ALL OF IREDELL... CATAWBA... LINCOLN... AND CLEVELAND COUNTIES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES IN NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA WERE MOVING INTO RUTHERFORD COUNTY AND CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. TORNADOES HAVE TOUCHED DOWN THROUGHOUT NORTHERN GEORGIA AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES PLEASE TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR SMALLEST INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND FOR ANY WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 6 PM. GK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 3:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 3:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Pickens | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 3:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee | 55 min |
| Mar 27, 4:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 4:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Pickens | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 4:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 4:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 5:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 67 min |
| Mar 27, 5:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 5:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 6:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 46 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.