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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1994, 6:31 PM EST for Gaston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1994, 6:31 PM EST (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1994, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gaston County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 542 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 777 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLT 272331 TORCLT NCC071-280030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 631 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR EVERYONE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...MECKLENBURG COUNTY AT 630 PM WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO PRODUCING SEVERE STORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN GASTON COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA. EVERYONE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIFE. THE BEST PLACE TO BE IS IN BASEMENT. IF THERE IS NONE AVAILABLE GO TO A SMALL ROOM@ NEAR THE CENTER OF A BUILDING... GROUND FLOOR IF POSSIBLE. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND CHEST. GK
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, 4:01 PM EST, 2 hours 30 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, 2 hours 12 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, 1 hour 33 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
Local storm report, Mar 27, 5:18 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
515 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994
TIME EVENT
500 PM EST TREES BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CHESNEE AND
COUNTY LINE ROADS NEAR SANDY SPRINGS IN SOUTHEASTERN
POLK COUNTY. REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF`S OFFICE.
TIME ESTIMATED.
EJCLocal storm report, Mar 27, 5:31 PM EST, 1 hour before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
530 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994
TIME EVENT
525 PM EST QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
RUTHERFORD COUNVTY. TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN
IN THE SAME AREA. REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.
EJCLocal storm report, Mar 27, 5:59 PM EST, 32 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 557 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 OTHER REPORTS... 438 PM QUARTER HAIL HIGHWAY 11 AND 14 NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY. 415 PM DIME HAIL 5 N OF PICKENS. 445 PM POSSIBLE TORNADO OAK GROVE AREA NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. 455 PM TORNADO MAYBE TWO ARROWOOD CHURCH AREA NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. 510 PM DIME HAIL SUGAR CREEK 3 WEST GSP. 517 PM 1 INCH HAIL GREER 519 PM DIME TO NICKEL HAIL 2 N GREER 515 PM TORNADO HIGHWAY 221 AREA NORTHWEST CHEROKEE COUNTY. ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN A BIT EARLIER NEAR CHESNEE 535 PM VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROAD EXIT 70 HIGHWAY I-26. 545 PM 3 FOOT OAK AND OTHER DAMAGE COWPENS AREA SPARTANBURG COUNTY. 505 PM SEVERAL REPORTS WIND DAMAGE IN AND AROUND CITY OF GREENVILLE. W. JONES/GSP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 1:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 58 min |
| Mar 27, 1:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Clay | 55 min |
| Mar 27, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 3:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 4:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 67 min |
| Mar 27, 4:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 5:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 55 min |
| Mar 27, 5:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 5:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 61 min |
| Mar 27, 5:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 66 min |
| Mar 27, 5:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 5:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 6:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Graham | 63 min |
| Mar 27, 6:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 6:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 52 min |
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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.