Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1995, 7:17 PM EDT for Catawba County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1995, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1995, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Catawba County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 664 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLT 102319 TORCLT NCC035-102345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 717 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR EVERYONE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...CATAWBA COUNTY AT 713 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOW A INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR HICKORY IN CATAWBA COUNTY. AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR ROUTE 321 CLOSE TO THE HICKORY AIRPORT. THIS STORM WAS EAST TOWARDS HICKORY. 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 ItS NONE AVAILABLE GO TO A SMALL ROOM NEAR THE CENTER OF A BUILDING... GROUND FLOOR IF POSSIBLE. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND CHEST. JPW &
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 10, 2:17 PM EDT, 5 hours before
NCZ056-068>072-073-082-102100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 215 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF THE WXL-70 LISTENING AREA...THE COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDED ARE ANSON..STANLEY AND ROWAN IN SOUTH CAROLINA CHESTERFIELD COUNTY... .AT 210 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF PETERSON SPRINGS AND BOILiNG SPRINgS. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WAS ALSO NOTED IN THE UPSTATE oF SoUTH CAROLINA NEAR THE CITIES OF GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. SOME INTENSIFICATION OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AND THEIR PROGRESS WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED. OCCASIONALLY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUBED FOR YOUR LOCATION. GUY
Special weather statement, May 10, 4:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
NCZ033-102130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 422 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 AT 415 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROAN MOUNTAIN IN CARTER COUNTY TENNESSEE. IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN AVERY COUNTY NC WITHIN THE HOUR. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS WELL AS DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED AND THUNDER IS NO LONGER HEARD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER INFORMATION. HM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Clay, Macon | 57 min |
| May 10, 2:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 49 min |
| May 10, 10:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 42 min |
| May 10, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell | 43 min |
| May 10, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery | 40 min |
| May 10, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 68 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.