Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1996, 10:34 PM EDT for Cleveland County, Gaston County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 41 min. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1996, 10:34 PM EDT (02:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1996, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, York County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 10:45 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Blacksburg, SC | |
| May 24, 10:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Blacksburg, SC | |
| May 24, 10:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | York, SC | |
| May 24, 10:58 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Blacksburg, SC | |
| May 24, 10:58 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Blacksburg, SC | |
| May 24, 11:01 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Gaffney, SC | |
| May 24, 11:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Sharon, SC |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 49 min |
| May 24, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 46 min |
| May 24, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 51 min |
| May 24, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 31 min |
| May 25, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 51 min |
| May 25, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 28 min |
| May 25, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 51 min |
| May 24, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 43 min |
| May 24, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 45 min |
| May 24, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 45 min |
| May 25, 12:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 55 min |
| May 25, 12:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 44 min |
| May 25, 12:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 69 min |
| May 25, 1:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 44 min |
| May 25, 2:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 69 min |
| May 25, 3:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson | 5 hr |
| May 25, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1996Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.