Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at May 1, 1995, 10:28 PM EDT for Abbeville County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 1995, 10:28 PM EDT (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 1995, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Abbeville County, SC, Laurens County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 725 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGSP 020228 TORGSP SCC001-059-020315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 1028 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...NORTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY...WESTERN LAURENS COUNTY REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS AND WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ABBEVILLE AND WESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 60 MPH. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO YOUR BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A DITCH.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 1, 8:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
NCZ068-056-020100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 800 PM EDT MON MAY 01 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 11 PM EDT. ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA.... AT 755 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST SOUTH OF CHARLOTTE NEAR PINEVILLE. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING JUST TO THE NORTH OF SHELBY AND WEST OF SHELBY IN CLEVELAND COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST OF HICKORY IN CATAWBA COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFIED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ... GUSTY WINDS ... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION OR WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JPW
Special weather statement, May 1, 8:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 0850 PM EDT MON MAY 01 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 11 PM EDT. ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED INTO THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA.... AT 845 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM AROUND HICKORY IN CATAWBA COUNTY SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY TO JUST NORTHEAST OF SHELBY IN CLEVELAND COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM AROUND GREENSBORO SOUTH TO MONROE IN UNION COUNTY AND WEST INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFIED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ... GUSTY WINDS ... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION OR WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JPW
Local storm report, May 1, 9:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
900 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1995
DELAYED REPORT FROM 911...
TIME EST ....CITY LOCATION STATE ....EVENT/REMARKS....
....COUNTY LOCATION
730 PM SIX MILE SC POSSIBLE SMALL TORNADO
05/01/95 COUNTY UPROOTED TREES AND CAUSED
MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE
W. JONES/GSP
\Local storm report, May 1, 9:36 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
934 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1995
DELAYED REPORT FROM 911...
TIME EST ....CITY LOCATION STATE ....EVENT/REMARKS....
....COUNTY LOCATION
925 PM GAFFNEY TO BLACKSBURG SC ...TORNADO...
05/01/95 CHEROKEE BUILDINGS DOWN LARGE AREA
WITHOUT POWER NOT SURE OF
EXTENT OF DAMAGE.
W. JONES/GSPLocal storm report, May 1, 9:44 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
940 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1995
DELAYED REPORT FROM 911...
TIME EDT ....CITY LOCATION STATE ....EVENT/REMARKS....
....COUNTY LOCATION
939 PM EAST OF GAFFNEY SC ...TORNADO...
05/01/95 CHEROKEE DEPUTY HAS VISUAL ON TORNADO
ON GROUND MOVING TOWARD
BLACKSBURG AT THIS TIME
NEAR HIGHWAY 329...POSSIBLE
SECOND TORNADO THIS STORM
W. JONES/GSPSpecial weather statement, May 1, 10:01 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
NCZ033-053-055-034-060-061-058-052-065-059-063-062-048-054-050- 066-067-051-064-049-020400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 957 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1995 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA: CHEROKEE...GRAHAM...CLAY...MACON...JACKSON...TRANSYLVANIA...HENDERSON... POLK... AT 0955 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LIGHT RAIN OVER MOST OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WILL BE ENDING AROUND MIDNIGHT. SM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 43 min |
| May 1, 9:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson | 45 min |
| May 1, 10:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 43 min |
Nearby
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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.