Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1994, 4:08 PM EST for Henderson County, Polk County, North Carolina. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1994, 4:08 PM EST (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1994, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Henderson County, NC, Polk County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 530 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 654 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAVL 272109 TORAVL NCC089-149-272215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 408 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY...SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY AT 405 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA/SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE BETWEEN CEDAR MOUNTAIN IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY AND EASLY SOUTH CAROLINA MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS TRACK WILL CARRY THE THUNDERSTORM INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN HENDERSON AND POLK COUNTIES BY 420 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. TORNADOES IN THE SOUTH ARE HARD TO SEE BECAUSE OF RAIN...LOW CLOUDS...AND TREES. TAKE COVER NOW...DO NOT TRY TO WAIT ON THE STORM AND DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN IT. R. JONES/AVL
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, Mar 27, 2:19 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
219 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994
TIME EVENT
210 PM EST 5 TO 10 MINUTES OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL NEAR BRASSTOWN IN
CLAY COUNTY. WIXND GUSTS MEASURED TO 50 MPH IN THE SAME
AREA. REPORTED BY SKYWARN NET COORDINATOR.
EJCSpecial weather statement, Mar 27, 3:03 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NCZ056-068>074-082>084-272100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 300 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. CLEVELAND... LINCOLN... GASTON... IREDELL... MECKLENBURG... ROWAN... CABARRUS... UNION... STANLY... ANSON... MONTGOMERY... AND RICHMOND IN NORTH CAROLINA... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA ALSO UNTIL 9 PM. CHEROKEE... YORK... CHESTER.... AND LANCASTER. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CLEVELAND... CATAWBA... LINCOLN... AND GASTON COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 250 PM WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE SHOWERS WAS EXTENDING SOUTH FROM A LINE ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF HICKORY TO 50 MILES WEST OF SHELBY. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES PLEASE TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. CONTINUE T&O MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND IF ANY WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 4 PM. GK
Local storm report, Mar 27, 3:26 PM EST, 42 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 325 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 TORNADO 319 PM LONG CREEK TORNADO ON GROUND 2 INJURED 2 HOMES DESTROYED. W. JONES/GSP
Local storm report, Mar 27, 3:40 PM EST, 28 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 340 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 330 PM OCONEE COUNTY REPORTS TORNADO DAMAGE WIDEPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN PART OF COUNTY WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES...ST|ORM HAD LIFTED AND HEADED TOWARD SALEM AT LAST REPORT. W. JONES/GSP
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 3:59 PM EST, 9 minutes before
NCZ056-068>074-082>084-272200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 400 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. CLEVELAND... LINCOLN... GASTON... IREDELL... MECKLENBURG... ROWAN... CABARRUS... UNION... STANLY... ANSON... MONTGOMERY... AND RICHMOND IN NORTH CAROLINA... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA ALSO UNTIL 9 PM. CHEROKEE... YORK... CHESTER.... AND LANCASTER. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CLEVELAND... CATAWBA... LINCOLN... AND GASTON COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 350 PM WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. THE AREA WAS MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF CATAWBA AND CLEVELAND COUNTIES. TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. TORNADOES HAVE TOUCHED DOWN THROUGHOUT NORTHERN GEORGIA AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES PLEASE TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND FOR ANY WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 PM. GK
Local storm report, Mar 27, 4:01 PM EST, 7 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 400 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 355 PM OCONEE COUNTY MOUNTAIN REST TORNADO DAMAGE. SECOND STORM. W. JONES/GSP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 1:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 58 min |
| Mar 27, 1:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Clay | 55 min |
| Mar 27, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 3:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 4:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 5:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 55 min |
| Mar 27, 5:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 5:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 61 min |
| Mar 27, 5:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 66 min |
| Mar 27, 5:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 5:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 6:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Graham | 63 min |
| Mar 27, 6:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 6:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 6:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 52 min |
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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.