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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 27, 1994Jackson County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1994, 9:16 PM EST for Jackson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1994, 9:16 PM EST (02:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1994, 10:00 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 00:00Z on 1994-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 344 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 00:00Z on 1994-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 326 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
344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
504 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAVL 280217
TORAVL
NCC099-280300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
916 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY
 
...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN
MACON COUNTY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL BE
ENTERING SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY BY 930 PM. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY
PRODUCED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN MACON COUNTY AND HAS PRODUCED TORNADOES IN
GEORGIA.
 
TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. GET TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY NOW. STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. GET OUT OF
MOBILE HOMES AND CARS. IF DAMAGE OCCURS NEAR YOU...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
WALK AROUND IN THE DARK. THERE MAY BE DOWNED POWER LINES AND OTHER
HAZARDS THAT CANNOT BE SEEN.
 
GGW
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 7:05 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPCherokee, Graham25 min
Mar 27, 7:10 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPCatawba50 min
Mar 27, 7:18 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPCleveland57 min
Mar 27, 7:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMacon, Swain51 min
Mar 27, 8:43 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPMacon47 min
Mar 27, 8:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Madison47 min
Mar 27, 9:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Mitchell44 min
Mar 27, 9:35 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPTransylvania40 min
Mar 28, 1:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPCherokee, Clay, Macon3 hr
Mar 28, 1:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood, Madison, Yancey3 hr
Mar 28, 1:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Watauga3 hr
Mar 28, 1:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPAshe3 hr
Mar 28, 1:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania3 hr
Mar 28, 1:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPGraham, Jackson, Swain3 hr
Mar 28, 3:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCaldwell33 min
Mar 28, 5:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell3 hr
Mar 28, 5:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPBuncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Madison, Yancey3 hr
Mar 28, 5:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPMitchell3 hr
Mar 28, 5:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPCherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon3 hr
Mar 28, 5:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPAshe, Watauga3 hr
Mar 28, 5:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPHaywood, Jackson, Swain, Transylvania3 hr
Mar 28, 6:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg47 min
Mar 28, 7:26 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion49 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.