Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1994, 4:33 PM EST for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1994, 4:33 PM EST (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1994, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Spartanburg County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:55 PM EST | Tornado F2 | Inman To To 3 Se Ches, SC |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 KGSP 272134 TORGSP SCC083-272200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 433 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY A POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL MOVE VERY CLOSE TO THE LANDRUM AND CAMPOBELLO SECTIONS OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS AND LARGE HAIL IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. 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...CO VER 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, Mar 27, 3:03 PM EST, 1 hour 30 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, 1 hour 7 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, 53 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, 34 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, 32 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
Local storm report, Mar 27, 4:19 PM EST, 14 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 418 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 415 PM GOLF BALL HAIL CLEVELAND GREENVILLE COUNTY. 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, 3:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 3:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Pickens | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 3:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee | 55 min |
| Mar 27, 4:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 4:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Pickens | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 4:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 4:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 62 min |
| Mar 27, 5:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 67 min |
| Mar 27, 5:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 5:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 6:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.