Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1994, 3:23 PM EDT for Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1994, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1994, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rutherford County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAVL 271924 TORAVL NCC161-272000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 323 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY AT 320 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY BETWEEN LAKE LURE AND CHIMNEY ROCK. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD PRODUCED SOME HAIL IN THE AREA. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO A BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A DITCH. R. JONES
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
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 1:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
NCZ001-018-033-034-048>055-058>067-271830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 133 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 AT 130 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND LIGHTNING NETWORK INFORMATION INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE STATELINE EXTENDING FROM GRAYSON IN ASHE COUNTY TO RANGER IN SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WAS OVER THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK NEAR CLINGMANS DOME. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL IN PARTS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE...AS THEY MOVE INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THEY MAY PRODUCE MORE HAIL. PEOPLE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER`...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS. R. JONES
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:03 PM EDT, 20 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, 20 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, 16 minutes 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, 14 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, 9 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
The office that day
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, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 66 min |
| Apr 27, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 29 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.