Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 6:26 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1995, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 316 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 KCLT 262229 SVRCLT NCC179-262330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 626 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR EVERYONE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...UNION COUNTY AT 645PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTION OF UNION COUNTY CENTERED ABOUT 5 SOUTHEAST OF MONROE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND ALSO BUILDING TO THE NORTH THIS IS A SLOW MOVING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH MAY ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...LOW^ AREAS...AND UNDERPASSES.
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, Jul 26, 3:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-262130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 330 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA... .AT 325 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDERS OF CHESTER AND LANCASTER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. IN ADDITION THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING WEST OF CATAWBA COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. BOTH AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. .THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN..LOCAL LOW LYING FLOODING..DEADLY LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS..AND HAIL. .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, Jul 26, 3:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-262130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 330 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA... .AT 325 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDERS OF CHESTER AND LANCASTER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. IN ADDITION THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING WEST OF CATAWBA COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. BOTH AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. .THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN..LOCAL LOW LYING FLOODING..DEADLY LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS..AND HAIL. .CONTINUE TOB 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
Local storm report, Jul 26, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
445 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
TIME ......CITY LOCATION...... STATE.......EVENT/REMARKS.........
....COUNTY LOCATION......
326-345 PM BUNCOMBE COUNTY NC NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN
WESTERN...SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN PARTS OF COUNTY.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
HMLocal storm report, Jul 26, 4:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
445 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
TIME ......CITY LOCATION...... STATE.......EVENT/REMARKS.........
....COUNTY LOCATION......
326-345 PM BUNCOMBE COUNTY NC NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN
WESTERN...SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN PARTS OF COUNTY.
R:EPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
HMSpecial weather statement, Jul 26, 5:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
NCZ056-068>072-082-262330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 530 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA... .AT 515 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE CENTRAL PARTS OF CHESTER AND LANCASTER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. IN ADDITION THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING WEST OF CATAWBA COUNTY SOUTH ALONG THE WESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY BORDER IN NORTH CAROLINA. BOTH AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WITHIN 45 MINUTES THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO LINCOLN AND CATAWBA COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. IN SOUTH CAROLINA THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO YORK COUNTY AND INTO UNION COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLNA IN ONE HOUR. .THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN..LOCAL LOW LYING FLOODING..DEADLY LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS..AND HAIL. .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. JB
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:30 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-262330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 530 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA... .AT 515 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE CENTRAL PARTS OF CHESTER AND LANCASTER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. IN ADDITION THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING WEST OF CATAWBA COUNTY SOUTH ALONG THE WESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY BORDER IN NORTH CAROLINA. BOTH AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WITHIN 45 MINUTES THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO LINCOLN AND CATAWBA COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. IN SOUTH CAROLINA THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO YORK COUNTY AND INTO UNION COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLNA IN ONE HOUR. .THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN..LOCAL LOW LYING FLOODING..DEADLY LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS..AND HAIL. .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. JB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 11:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 67 min |
| Jul 26, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 48 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.