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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 1, 1995Union County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at May 1, 1995, 10:28 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 1995, 10:28 PM EDT (02:28 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 1995, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
62 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 00:00Z, 2.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1995-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 276 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
565 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCLT 020228
TORCLT
NCC179-020330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
1028 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR EVERYONE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...UNION COUNTY
 
AT 1026 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN EASTERN
MECKLENBURG COUNTY TOWARDS MONROE IN UNION COUNTY.
 
 
EVERYONE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIFE. THE BEST PLACE TO BE IS IN BASEMENT.
IF THERE IS NONE AVAILABLE GO TO A SMALL ROOM NEAR THE CENTER OF A
BUILDING... GROUND FLOOR IF POSSIBLE. P@ROTECT YOUR HEAD AND CHEST.
 
JPW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLincoln47 min
May 1, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland45 min
May 1, 9:44 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPGaston46 min
May 1, 9:56 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCabarrus64 min
May 1, 10:07 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPMecklenburg68 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.