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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 19, 1995Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson54 min
Apr 19, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk67 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.