Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1995, 7:53 PM EDT for Polk County, North Carolina. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 1995, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1995, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Polk County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAVL 192355 SVRAVL NCC149-200100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 753 PM EDT WED APR 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...POLK COUNTY AT 755 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN POLK COUNTY JUST EAST OF TRYON NORTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. REU
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, 5:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 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, 2 hours 31 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, 2 hours 20 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, 2 hours 6 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
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:54 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
NCZ065-200000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 653 PM EDT WED APR 19 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HENDERSON COUNTY... A 650 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER HENDERSON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF HENDERSONVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN THE HENDERSONVILLE AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THIS STORM PASSES. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNING.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 7:31 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-200300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 720 PM EDT WED APR 19 1995 ...A NUMBER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE AND CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ON THE NORTH-SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER AND HAVE MOVED FROM YORK COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN MECKLENBERG COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHERN LANCASTER COuNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. .AT 7 PM EDT..NWS TRAINED SPOTTERS INDICATED PEA SIZE HAIL 5 NW OF RoCK HILL NEAR THE CATAWBA RIVER NUCLEAR POWER STATION AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. .NUMEROUS REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE ACCOMPANIED THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH. .SMALL HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..HEAVY RAIN..AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR FROM THESE STORMS. .EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THESE CONDITIONS... SLOW DOWN AND AVOID DRIVING THROUGH STANDING WATER. WHEN OUTSIDE SEEK COVER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. .CONTINUE TO MONITOR TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHEbR INFORMATION AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. GW
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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North 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.