Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1995, 2:06 PM EST for Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was in force for 24 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 7, 1995, 2:06 PM EST (19:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 7, 1995, 2:30 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greenwood County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 480 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 527 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGSP 071908 TORGSP SCC047-072000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 206 PM EST TUE NOV 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...GREENWOOD COUNTY AT 206 PM..WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO AOPPROACHING CALLYSON. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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 OU4T OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A DITCH. END/BURRUS
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, Nov 7, 11:45 AM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SCZ001>014-019-GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059- 062>072-082-072100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1145 AM EST TUE NOV 7 1995 RAINFALL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL TENNESSEE CONTINUED TO PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. HEAVIEST RAIN THIS MORNING HAD FALLEN ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. AUTOMATIC RAINFALL GAGES IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS INDICATED AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN ONE-HALF INCH AND ONE INCH WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA...WITH SOME TWO-INCH AMOUNTS ACROSS JACKSON...SWAIN AND HAYWOOD COUNTIES. TOTALS ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT SECTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AND ACROSS THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE WERE ALSO BETWEEN ONE-HALF INCH AND ONE INCH. EXTREME SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA HAD RECEIVED LITTLE OR NO RAIN THIS MORNING. RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS...WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...ACROSS WESTERN GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA LATE THIS MORNING. STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL MOVE THIS AREA ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS A GOOD POSSIBILITY. AT THIS TIME...NO FLASH FLOODING WAS BEING REPORTED. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY ENOUGH TO AVOID FLASH FLOODING...BUT SOME SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ARE URGED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THIS EPISODE UNFOLDS. BURRUS END
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 11:46 AM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SCZ001>014-019-GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059- 062>072-082-072100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1145 AM EST TUE NOV 7 1995 RAINFALL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL TENNESSEE CONTINUED TO PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. HEAVIEST RAIN THIS MORNING HAD FALLEN ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. AUTOMATIC RAINFALL GAGES IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS INDICATED AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN ONE-HALF INCH AND ONE INCH WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA...WITH SOME TWO-INCH AMOUNTS ACROSS JACKSON...SWAIN AND HAYWOOD COUNTIES. TOTALS ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT SECTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AND ACROSS THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE WERE ALSO BETWEEN ONE-HALF INCH AND ONE INCH. EXTREME SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA HAD RECEIVED LITTLE OR NO RAIN THIS MORNING. RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS...WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...ACROSS WESTERN GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA LATE THIS MORNING. STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL MOVE THIS AREA ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS A GOOD POSSIBILITY. AT THIS TIME...NO FLASH FLOODING WAS BEING REPORTED. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY ENOUGH TO AVOID FLASH FLOODING...BUT SOME SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ARE URGED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THIS EPISODE UNFOLDS. BURRUS END
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 1:33 PM EST, 33 minutes before
SCZ006-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 133 PM EST TUE NOV 7 1995 THE REEDY RIVER WAS RISING SLOWLY BUT STEADILY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 130 PM...THE RIVER WAS AT 6.47 FEET. FLOOD STAGE AT GREENVILLE IS 8 FEET...AT WHICH TIME WATER OVERRUNS THE PICNIC AREA OF CLEVELAND PARK. MORE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING..AND IT IS POSSIBLE THE REEDY RIVER COULD OVERFLOW BY THIS EVENING. NO MAJOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL ACROSS GREENVILLE COUNTY THIS EVENING. BURRUS
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 1:39 PM EST, 27 minutes before
SCZ006-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 133 PM EST TUE NOV 7 1995 THE REEDY RIVER WAS RISING SLOWLY BUT STEADILY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 130 PM...THE RIVER WAS AT 6.47 FEET. FLOOD STAGE AT GREENVILLE IS 8 FEET...AT WHICH TIME WATER OVERRUNS THE PICNIC AREA OF CLEVELAND PARK. MORE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING..AND IT IS POSSIBLE THE REEDY RIVER COULD OVERFLOW BY THIS EVENING. NO MAJOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL ACROSS GREENVILLE COUNTY THIS EVENING. BURRUS
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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.