Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 14, 1995, 10:45 AM EST for Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 1995, 10:45 AM EST (15:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 1995, 11:45 AM EST
- In force
- 60 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, 3.8 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
- 94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 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 KCAE 141546 RRA SVRGSP SCC021-083-141645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC ISSUED BY COLUMBIA SC 1045 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY...EASTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY AT 1045 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN SPARTANBURG AND EXTREME WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. AMATE\UR RADIO AND OTHER SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THIS STORM AND RELAY REPORTS PROMPTLY TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. SJN
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, 5 hours 15 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, 5 hours 11 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, 3 hours 4 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, 3 hours 2 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 9:02 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 28 min |
| Jan 14, 10:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 45 min |
| Jan 14, 10:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens | 63 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.