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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 14, 1995Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 14, 1995, 10:15 AM EST for Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 1995, 10:15 AM EST (15:15 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 1995, 11:00 AM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 219 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 90 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
90 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jan 14, 5:30 AM EST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
NCZ001-018-033-034-048>055-058>067-141330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
530 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995

STRONG WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILL COUNTIES OF
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. GUST TO 40 MILES AN HOUR HAVE OCCURED AT THE
ASHEVILLE AIRPORT.

FUNNELING OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGE. MOTORIST TRAVELING THIS MORNING SHOULD USE EXTREME
CAUTION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY BE ABLE TO PUSH VECHICLES OFF
ROADWAYS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...AND TV FOR LATER
INFORMATION.

JRB
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 5:34 AM EST, 4 hours 41 minutes before
NCZ001-018-033-034-048>055-058>067-141330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
530 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995

STRONG WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILL COUNTIES OF
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. GUST TO 40 MILES AN HOUR HAVE OCCURED AT THE
ASHEVILLE AIRPORT.

FUNNELING OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGE. MOTORIST TRAVELING THIS MORNING SHOULD USE EXTREME
CAUTION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY BE ABLE TO PUSH VECHICLES OFF
ROADWAYS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...AND TV FOR LATER
INFORMATION.

JRB
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 7:41 AM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
NCZ001-018-033-034-048>055-058>067-141445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
741 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY INTO SUNDAY....

AT 740 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN SHOWERS MOVING INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM GEORGIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA.

MCDOWELL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED MINOR STREET FLOODING IN THEIR
COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS AND
FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE EXCEED 1.5 INCHES IN THE PAST 12 HOURS IN VARIOUS
LOCATIONS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED ACT QUICKLY...MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND. MOTORIST SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER
FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS OR BRIDGES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO TODAY AS THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND BRING HAEVIER RAIN TO ALREADY SATURATED
GROUND.

JRB/BL
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 7:43 AM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
NCZ001-018-033-034-048>055-058>067-141445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
741 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY INTO SUNDAY....

AT 740 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN SHOWERS MOVING INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM GEORGIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA.

MCDOWELL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED MINOR STREET FLOODING IN THEIR
COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS AND
FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE EXCEED 1.5 INCHES IN THE PAST 12 HOURS IN VARIOUS
LOCATIONS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED ACT QUICKLY...MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND. MOTORIST SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER
FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS OR BRIDGES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO TODAY AS THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND BRING HAEVIER RAINj TO ALREADY SATURATED
GROUND.

JRB/BL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 9:02 AM ESTTornado WarningGSPCherokee28 min
Jan 14, 10:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Laurens63 min
Jan 14, 10:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.