Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1995, 6:40 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 1995, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1995, 7:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cherokee County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Apr 19, 3:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Apr 19, 5:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SCZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-010-011-012-013-019-192230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 502 PM EDT WED APR 19 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN OCONEE AND PICKENS COUNTIES... 455 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH OCONEE COUNTY NEAR MOUNTAIN REST AND IN PICKENS COUNTY JUST NORTH OF CLEMSON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL EFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF SALEM AND TAMASSEE IN OCONEE COUNTY AND THE SIMPSONVILLE...MAULDIN AREAS IN GREENVILLE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. BOTH OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF EITHER OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IN A SECURE SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...OR RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS THIS EVENING. RCC/GSP
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 5:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-200400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 520 PM EDT WED APR 19 1995 ...A NUMBER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED NEAR THE NORTH- SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER AND HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY. .AT 5 PM EDT..WEATHER RADAR HAS THESE THUNDERSTORMS..ONE CURRENTLY OVER SHELBY IN CLEVELAND COUNTY..MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. .THIS STORM SHOULD AFFECT LINCOLN..GASTON..AND CATAWBA COUNTIES. .AT 510 PM EDT..WE RECEIVED A REPORT INDICATING A HEAVY RAIN SHOWER NEAR SHELBY THAT HAS PRODUCED .74 OF AN INCH IN 15 MINUTES. .EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THESE CONDITIONS... SLOW DOWN AND AVOID DRIVING THROUGH STANDING WATER. ALTHOUGH NO WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA CONTINUE TO MONITOR TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. GW
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 5:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
NCZ001-033-053-055-034-060-061-058-052-065-059-063-062-048-054- 050-066-067-051-064-018-049-192230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 531 PM EDT WED APR 19 1995 STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY. AT 530 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHEAST OF TRYON IN SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS TO THE EAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN POLK AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM THROUGH 615...AND CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AS IT PASSES. KEEP IT RIGHT HERE FOR UPDATES OF FURTHER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. JOHNSTONE
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 5:47 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-200400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 545 PM EDT WED APR 19 1995 ...A NUMBER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED NEAR THE NORTH- SOUTH CAROLINA B
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 67 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.