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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 19, 1995Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1995, 4:05 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 1995, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Mecklenburg County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 1995-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 119 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
893 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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, May 19, 11:35 AM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-191700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
1130 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

.THE TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF UNION... MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS...STANLY
... ANSON... AND ROWAN HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA... CHEROKEE... CHESTER...
LANCASTER AND YORK COUNTIES.

.AT 1125 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS
SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. MOST OF THE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO DECREASED IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY SINCE 1100 AM.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JPW
Special weather statement, May 19, 12:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-191800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
1255 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

.THE TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF UNION... MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS...STANLY
... ANSON... AND ROWAN HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA... CHEROKEE... CHESTER...
LANCASTER AND YORK COUNTIES.

.AT 1250 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING
ACROSS NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY NEAR HIGH SHOALS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST
TO JUST WEST OF SHELBY IN CLEVELAND COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT
HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.B

JPW
Local storm report, May 19, 1:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
138 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

TIME       ......CITY LOCATION...... STATE.......EVENT/REMARKS.........
           ....COUNTY LOCATION......

18/1000 PM    NEAR ANDREWS           NC    PEA-MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
              CHEROKEE                     REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

18/1030 PM    NC-TN BORDER           NC    MARBLE-GOLF BALL SIZE
              CHEROKEE                     HAIL. REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

18/1030 PM    NANTAHALA              NC    MARBLE SIZE HAIL.  REPORTED
              MACON                        BY SHERIFF.

18/1125 PM    SYLVA AND DILLSBORO    NC    MOBILE HOME DAMAGED.  TREES
              JACKSON                      AND POWER LINES DOWN. REPORT
                                           OF POSSIBLE TORNADO BY
                                           EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

18/1130 PM    SNOWBIRD AREA         NC     WIND DAMAGE.  NUMEROUS
              GRAHAM                       TREES DOWN.  REPORTED BY
                                           EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

19/1230 AM    WAYNESVILLE           NC     DIME SIZE HAIL AND TREES
              HAYWOOD                      DOWN.  REPORTED BY
                                           EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

19/1230 AM    LAKE JUNALUSKA        NC     WIND DAMAGE.  TREES DOWN.
              HAYWOOD                      REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                           MANAGEMENT.

19/115  AM    SOUTHWEST COUNTY      NC     WIND DAMAGE.  NUMEROUS
              GRAHAM                       TREES DOWN.  REPORTED BY
                                           EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

HM
Special weather statement, May 19, 1:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-191900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
135 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA... CHEROKEE... CHESTER...
LANCASTER AND YORK COUNTIES.

.AT 130 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM NEAR DAVIDSON IN NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO LUCIA
IN NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY TO JUST SOUTH OF SHELBY IN CLEVELAND COUNTY.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH.

EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT
HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
ALSO SOME LOW LYING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JPW
Special weather statement, May 19, 3:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee63 min
May 18, 10:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Clay67 min
May 18, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson68 min
May 18, 11:17 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPGraham43 min
May 18, 11:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSwain68 min
May 19, 12:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHaywood, Madison66 min
May 19, 12:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGraham, Swain61 min
May 19, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston43 min
May 19, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg31 min
May 19, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus36 min
May 19, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg37 min
May 19, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion54 min
May 19, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion53 min
May 19, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg37 min
May 19, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion55 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.