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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 1994, 7:44 PM EDT for Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 1994, 7:44 PM EDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1994, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Caldwell County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 162344 TORAVL NCC027-170015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 744 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...CALDWELL COUNTY AT 744 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOS IN CALDWELL COUNTY SOUTHEAST THROUGH WEST OF LENIOR. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. 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. JRB
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
Local storm report, Aug 16, 6:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 638 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994 TIME EVENT 636 PM EDT TORNADO ON GROUND IN BLACKSBURG AT THIS TIME. FROM 911. WAJ
Local storm report, Aug 16, 6:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 638 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994 TIME EVENT 636 PM EDT TORNADO ON GROUND IN BLACKSBURG AT THIS TIME. FROM 911. WAJ
Local storm report, Aug 16, 7:09 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
709 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994
TIME EVENT
705 PM EDT POSSIBLE TOUCHDOWN NORTHWEST OF LOCKHART MOVING TOWARD
CHEROKEE COUNTY.
WAJLocal storm report, Aug 16, 7:11 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
709 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994
TIME EVENT
705 PM EDT POSSIBLE TOUCHDOWN NORTHWEST OF LOCKHART MOVING TOWARD
CHEROKEE COUNTY.
WAJLocal storm report, Aug 16, 7:19 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
719 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994
TIME EVENT
630 PM EDT CONFIRMED TORNADO REPORTED BY POLICE OVER SOUTHERN
CLEVELAND COUNTY SOUTH OF THE CITY OF SHELBY.
A MOBILE HOME WAS OVERTURNED.
700 PM EDT CONFIRMED TORNADO REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS OVER WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY JUST SOUTH
OF THE CITY OF HICKORY. NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE
AT THIS TIME.
GWCLocal storm report, Aug 16, 7:20 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
719 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994
TIME EVENT
630 PM EDT CONFIRMED TORNADO REPORTED BY POLICE OVER SOUTHERN
CLEVELAND COUNTY SOUTH OF THE CITY OF SHELBY.
A MOBILE HOME WAS OVERTURNED.
700 PM EDT CONFIRMED TORNADO REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS OVER WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY JUST SOUTH
B OF THE CITY OF HICKORY. NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE
AT THIS TIME.
GWCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 4:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 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.