Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 32, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1994, 7:52 PM EDT for Henderson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 7:52 PM EDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1994, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henderson County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 247 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 282354 TORAVL NCC089-290030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 752 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...HENDERSON COUNTY AT 755 PM EDT SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED NEAR MOUNTAIN HOMES AND NEAR EDNEYVILLE SCHOOL. 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 DITCtH.
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, 7:08 PM EDT, 44 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, 27 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, 14 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, 12 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.
Local storm report, Jun 28, 7:50 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
750 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994
TIME EVENT
730 PM GOOD MANY TREES DOWN AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN GREENWOOD
AREA. FROM EPD. NOT DETAILS AVAILABLE.
WAJLocal storm report, Jun 28, 7:52 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
750 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994
TIME EVENT
730 PM GOOD MANY TREES DOWN AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN GREENWOOD
AREA. FRnOM EPD. NOT DETAILS AVAILABLE.
WAJThe 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, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 14 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.