Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1995, 4:35 PM EST for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 1995, 4:35 PM EST (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 1995, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Spartanburg County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 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 KGSP 192136 RRA SVRGSP SCC083-192230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 435 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY AT 430 PM A SPOTTER 4 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF GREER REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM STRETCHES ACROSS INTO NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY AND WILL AFFECT INMAN...CAMPOBELLO...POSSIBLY DUNCAN AND CHESNEE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR WARE SHOALS MAY BECOME SEVERE SOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN GEORGIA WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO OCONEE AND ANDERSON COUNTIES BY 6 PM. ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP WITHOUT WARNING FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. W. JONES/GSP 8 &
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 19, 12:16 PM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
SCZ001>008-010>013-019-191900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 1215 PM EST THU JAN 19 1992 AT 1205 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL ENTER ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES BY 100 PM. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN `THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIOND IF NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RWH
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 4:15 PM EST, 20 minutes before
NCZ053-060-061-058-052-065-059-063-062-054-067-064-192215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 415 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 AT 415 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR THE TOWN MURPHY IN CHEROKEE COUNTY SOUTH INTO GEORGIA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...AND TV FOR LATER INFORMATION. JRB
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 4:16 PM EST, 19 minutes before
NCZ053-060-061-058-052-065-059-063-062-054-067-064-192215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 415 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 AT 415 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR THE TOWN MURPHY IN CHEROKEE COUNTY SOUTH INTO GEORGIA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGFHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...AND TV FOR LATER INFORMATION. JRB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 5:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee | 58 min |
| Jan 19, 5:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 68 min |
| Jan 19, 6:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 62 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.