Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 1995, 3:33 AM EDT for Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 1995, 3:33 AM EDT (07:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 1995, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Laurens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 2000 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGSP 050735 TORGSP SCC059-050815- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 333 AM EDT THU OCT 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...LAURENS COUNTY AT 335 AM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO SOUTHWEST OF LAURENS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. GET TO A PLACE OF SAFETY NOW!! STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS...BUT GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND CARS. IF DAMAGE OCCURS NEAR YOU...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WALK AROUND ^IN THE DARK. THERE MAY BE DOWNED POWER LINES.
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, Oct 5, 12:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
NCZ056-068>071-082-051900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1200 AM EDT THU OCT 05 1995 ....FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY... ....HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CLEVELAND COUNTY N.C. FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA ANSON CABARRUS CLEVELAND IREDELL LINCOLN MECKLENBURG ROWAN STANLY UNION GASTON ALEXANDER CATAWBA AT 1145 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF HICKORY IN CATAWBA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH LINCOLNTON IN LINCOLN COUNTY TO WEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN IN CLEVELAND COUNTY INTO CHESTER IN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THESE SHOWERS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. REMEMBER.. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOOD THREAT AND PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. IF YOU LIVE..WORK ..OR TRAVEL IN OR NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS..BE PREPARED TO TAKE EMERGENCY ACTIONS FOR FLOODING. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TV OR WEATHER RADIO FOR WEATHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JB
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 3:05 AM EDT, 28 minutes before
NCZ058-68>71-050830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 0305 AM EDT THU OCT 05 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINSHOWERS SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... AT 0300 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GASTON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF GASTONIA. THERE WERE ALSO MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINSHOWERS OVER MECKLENBERG...CLEVELAND...LINCOLN AND CATAWBA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED GROUND...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS IS HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG WINDS. 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 ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. JN
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 3:06 AM EDT, 27 minutes before
NCZ058-68>71-050830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 0305 AM EDT THU OCT 05 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINSHOWERS SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... AT 0300 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GASTON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF GASTONIA. THERE WERE ALSO MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINSHOWERS OVER MECKLENBERG...CLEVELAND...LINCOLN AND CATAWBA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED GROUND...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS IS HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HVAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG WINDS. 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 ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. JN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 12:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Oconee | 4 hr |
| Oct 5, 12:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Pickens | 4 hr |
| Oct 5, 3:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.