Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1994, 12:58 AM EDT for Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 12:58 AM EDT (04:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pickens County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGSP 270459 TORGSP SCC077-270530- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 1258 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...PICKENS COUNTY A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ABOUT 1250 AM NEAR SALEM. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE CLOSE TO THE TOWN OF PICKENS. TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. GET TO A PLACE OF SAFETY NOW!! STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS...BUT 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. &
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, Jun 27, 12:00 AM EDT, 58 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-271330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1200 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR CHEROKEE... CHESTER... LANCASTER... AND YORK COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEN CANCELED. .AT 1155 AM WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLOTTE SHOWS THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED INTO THE EASTERN SANDHILLS... AND IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF RAIN SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON OR PERHAPS EARLY THIS EVENING...HOWEVER THE CHANCE OF THIS OCCURRING DECREASES AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. .THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY DOWNPOURS... AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES... PLEASE TAKE COVER. .THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS REDEVELOPMENT OCCURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... AND LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE WEATHER INFORMATION AND FOR THE POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF WARNINGS. GUY
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:10 AM EDT, 48 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-270500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1210 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...CORRECTED FOR COUNTY LISTING IN HEADER... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FOR CLEVELAND... CATAWBA... LINCOLN... GASTON... IREDELL... MECKLENBURG... ROWAN... CABARRUS... AND UNION COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND CHEROKEE... YORK... CHESTER... AND LANCASTER COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA... AT 1208 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXTREMELY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... AND LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THE MOST UP TO DATE WEATHER INFORMATION AND FOR POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF WARNINGS. GK
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:17 AM EDT, 41 minutes before
NCZALL-270515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 1217 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR POLK...HENDERSON...RUTHERFORD... JACKSON...TRANSYLVANIA...AND MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM... AT 1215 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM HENDERSON COUNTY TO EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED IN A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND LIGHT RAIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL... AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. IN PISGAH FOREST...OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE IFLOWS SYSTEM OF REMOTE RAIN GAGES SINCE 1100 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. TORNADOES ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO SPOT AT NIGHT...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SAFE AREAS IN A HOME INCLUDE BASEMENTS...SMALL INTERIOR ROOMS...AND BATHROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO ANDF TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:17 AM EDT, 41 minutes before
NCZ056-068>071-270500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1210 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FOR CLEVELAND... CATAWBA... LINCOLN... GASTON... IREDELL... MECKLENBURG... ROWAN... UNION... CABARRUS... AND UNION COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND CHEROKEE... YORK... CHESTER... AND LANCASTER COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA... AT 1208 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXTREMELY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... AND LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THE MOST UP TO DATE WEATHER INFORMATION AND FOR POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF WARNINGS. GK
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:19 AM EDT, 39 minutes before
NCZALL-270515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 1217 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR POLK...HENDERSON...RUTHERFORD... JACKSON...TRANSYLVANIA...AND MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM... AT 1215 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM HENDERSON COUNTY TO EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED IN A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND LIGHT RAIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL... AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. IN PISGAH FOREST...OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE IFLOWS SYSTEM OF REMOTE RAIN GAGES SINCE 1100 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. TORNADOES ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO SPOT AT NIGHT...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SAFE AREAS IN A HOME INCLUDE BASEMENTS...SMALL INTERIOR ROOMS...AND BATHROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO ANDF TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:21 AM EDT, 37 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-270500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1210 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...CORRECTED FOR COUNTY LISTING IN HEADER... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FOR CLEVELAND... CATAWBA... LINCOLN... GASTON... IREDELL... MECKLENBURG... ROWAN... CABARRUS... AND UNION COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND CHEROKEE... YORK... CHESTER... AND LANCASTER COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA... AT 1208 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXTREMELY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... AND LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THE MOST UP TO DATE WEATHER INFORMATION AND FOR POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF WARNINGS. GK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 1:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 69 min |
| Jun 27, 1:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 1:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 3:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 5:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 5:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 25 min |
| Jun 27, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 51 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.