Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1994, 6:09 PM EDT for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Spartanburg County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 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 KGSP 272209 TORGSP SCC083-272300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 609 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY ANOTHER FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE NEAR SPARTANBURG. THIS ONE IS CLOSER TO THE GROUND AND HAS HAIL AND HIGH WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 20 MPH. 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 DOORS 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
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
SCZ001>008-010>013-019-271930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 217 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM IN OCONEE AND PICKENS COUNTIES... AT 215 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM ON THE OCONEE...PICKENS COUNTY LINE NEAR SALEM. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST.. SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH LIBERTY AND PENDLETON WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. SHOWER WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE UPSTATE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. COBLENTZ/GSP
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
SCZ001>008-010>013-019-271930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 217 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM IN OCONEE AND PICKENS COUNTIES... AT 215 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM ON THE OCONEE...PICKENS COUNTY LINE NEAR SALEM. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST.. SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH LIBERTY AND PENDLETON WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. SHOWER WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WDILL DEVELOP IN THE UPSTATE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. COBLENTZ/GSP
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SCZ001>008-010>013-019-272115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 411 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 AT 405 PM SMALL BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF BELTON MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY AND NEAR LOWNDESVILLE MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN PART OF ABBEVILLE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH. SOME CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING HAS BEEN DETECTED WITH THESE STORMS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THE STORM IN ABBEVILLE WILL AFFECT CALHOUN FALLS AND LAKE RUSSELL WHILE THE STORM IN SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY WILL MOVE INTO THE WARE SHOALS SECTION OF LAURENS COUNTY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER INFORMATION. W. JONES/GSP
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SCZ001>008-010>013-019-272115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 411 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 AT 405 PM SMALL BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF BELTON MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY AND NEAR LOWNDESVILLE MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN PART OF ABBEVILLE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH. SOME CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING HAS BEEN DETECTED WITH THESE STORMS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THE STORM IN ABBEVILLE WILL AFFECT CALHOUN FALLS AND LAKE RUSSELL WHILE THE STORM IN SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY WILL MOVE INTO THE WARE SHOALS SECTION OF LAURENS COUNTY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER INFORMATION. W. JONES/GSP
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:52 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
SCZ001>008-010>013-019-272250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 552 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 AT 545 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED NEAR GOWENVILLE IN EXTREME NORTHEAST GREENVILLE COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS SPARTANBURG COUNTY INTO CHEROKEE COUNTY AND FROM SOUTHERN GREENVILLE INTO SOUTHEAST LAURENS COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH. THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL AND POSSIBLY SOME HIGH BASED FUNNELS. THE STORMS WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IF THE STORMS STRENGTHEN. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. W. JONES/GSP
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:53 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SCZ001>008-010>013-019-272250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 552 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 AT 545 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED NEAR GOWENVILLE IN EXTREME NORTHEAST GREENVILLE COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS SPARTANBURG COUNTY INTO CHEROKEE COUNTY AND FROM SOUTHERN GREENVILLE INTO SOUTHEAST LAURENS COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH. THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL AND POSSIBLY SOME HIGH BASED FUNNELS. THE STORMS WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IF THE STORMS STRENGTHEN. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. W. JONES/GSP
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, 12:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Pickens | 32 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 |
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.