Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1994, 7:46 PM EDT for Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 14 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 7:46 PM EDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1994, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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, 11.8 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 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 KAVL 282348 TORAVL NCC161-290000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 746 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY AT 745 PM SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED IN THE ELLENBORO AREA AND HIGHWAY 120 AND 74 NEAR THE RUTHERFORD / CLEVELAND COUNTY LINE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM W`INDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT OR A DITCH.
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 28, 7:04 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
NCZ053-065-064-290000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 702 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT... AT 700 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY MOVING EAST...INTO SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY...AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. SKYWARN SPOTTERS IN BREVARD REPORT VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN TRANSYLVANIA AND HENDERSON COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ESPECIALLY ALERT...LIGHTNING STRIKE DETECTION SYSTEM INDICATES 20 TO 30 CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES EVERY 5 MINUTES. BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE AREA IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:05 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
NCZ056-068>074-082>084-290030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 705 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 11 PM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED ALSO TO THE WEST OF CLEVELAND COUNTY AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE COUNTY BY 715 PM TO THE NORTHWEST OF SHELBY. MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA WERE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THIS EVENING. MANY OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER IN THOSE REGIONS ALREADY THIS EVENING. SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP TO THE EAST OF THE WATCH AREA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES... PLEASE TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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 28, 7:08 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
NCZ056-068>074-082>084-290030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 705 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 11 PM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED ALSO TO THE WEST OF CLEVELAND COUNTY AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE COUNTY BY 715 PM TO THE NORTHWEST OF SHELBY. MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA WERE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THIS EVENING. MANY OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER IN THOSE REGIONS ALREADY THIS EVENING. SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP TO THE EAST OF THE WATCH AREA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES... PLEASE TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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
Local storm report, Jun 28, 7:25 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA
725 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994
DATE/TIME EVENT
28/1924 EDT TREES AND LIMBS REPORT DOWN IN TRYON AND SALUDA IN
POLK COUNTY.
...CORRECTED COUNTY...
JRB
VILLE.
JRBSpecial weather statement, Jun 28, 7:38 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
NCZ053-055-034-065-054-066-067-290045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 738 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BUNCOMBE...HENDERSON...TRANSYLVANIA... BURKE...MCDOWELL..CALDWELL...POLK...RUTHERFORD COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER HAS BEEN CANCELLED.. AT 735 PM EDT NUMEROUS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE DETECTED BY WEATHER RADAR. IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY WATER WAS REPORTED STANDING ON THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 74 IN FAIRVIEW. HENDERSON COUNTY ALSO REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH OVER TWO INCHES IN LESS THAN ONE HALF HOUR AT HOOPERS CREEK. SMALL HAIL...AROUND PEA-SIZE WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE AREA. PEOPLE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMIAN ESPECIALLY ALERT...BE READY TO MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:40 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
NCZ053-055-034-065-054-066-067-290045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 738 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BUNCOMBE...HENDERSON...TRANSYLVANIA... BURKE...MCDOWELL..CALDWELL...POLK...RUTHERFORD COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER HAS BEEN CANCELLED.. AT 735 PM EDT NUMEROUS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE DETECTED BY WEATHER RADAR. IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY WATER WAS REPORTED STANDING ON THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 74 IN FAIRVIEW. HENDERSON COUNTY ALSO REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH OVER TWO INCHES IN LESS THAN ONE HALF HOUR AT HOOPERS CREEK. SMALL HAIL...AROUND PEA-SIZE WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE AREA. PEOPLE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMIAN ESPECIALLY ALERT...BE READY TO MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS A>ND WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Graham | 68 min |
| Jun 28, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 52 min |
| Jun 28, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 7:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Henderson | 38 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.