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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 19, 1995Oconee County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 19, 1995, 5:02 PM EST for Oconee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 1995, 5:02 PM EST (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 1995, 6:00 PM EST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Oconee County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-01-19Temperature 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 409 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
409 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
434 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 KGSP 192202
TORGSP
SCC073-192300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
502 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...OCONEE COUNTY
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR TOCCOA THROUGH AMATEUR RADIO AND THERE HAVE
BEEN PREVIOUS REPORTS OF TORNADOES WITH THE LINE OF STORMS MOVING INTO
OCONEE COUNTY. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AND WILL CROSS
THE STATE LINE BY ABOUT 515 PM. ALL AREAS OF WESTERN OCONEE COUNTY
INCLUDING WESTMINSTER...LONG CREEK...MOUNTAIN REST WILL BE AFFECTED
FIRST. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
COUNTY.
 
WARNINGS COULD SOON BE ISSUED FOR ANDERSON AND PICKENS COUNTIES.
 
PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO T|O 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.
 
W. JONES/GSP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 4:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg55 min
Jan 19, 5:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson68 min
Jan 19, 6:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville62 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.