Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Columbia, SC

BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
240 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTH
   CAROLINA UNTIL 8 PM EDT...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE CHARLOTTE
NORTH CAROLINA AREA SOUTHWESTWARD TO MCCORMICK COUNTY JUST NORTH
LAKE THURMOND.  THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
ABOUT 40 MPH.

A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE UNION BORDER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
THROUGH THE TOWN OF YORK AROUND 300 PM EDT.

THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS LINE ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN
GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN YORK AND CHESTER COUNTIES
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF THE
WEATHER BECOMES UNUSUALLY THREATENING.
BROWN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
305 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

..A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTIES IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA UNTIL 8 PM..

AT 255 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN NEWBERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO TALIAFERRO
COUNTY IN GEORGIA. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH THE MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY
RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

ELSEWHERE..SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING IN GEORGIA FROM NEAR MACON
TO NEAR LOUISVILLE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..COR SPELLING LINE FOUR..
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
305 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

..A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTIES IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA UNTIL 8 PM..

AT 255 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN NEWBERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO TALIAFERRO
COUNTY IN GEORGIA. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH THEY MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY
RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

ELSEWHERE..SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING IN GEORGIA FROM NEAR MACON
TO NEAR LOUISVILLE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
400 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

..A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTIES IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA UNTIL 8 PM..

AT 350 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM EASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO SOUTH OF
SPARTA IN HANCOCK COUNTY GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS LINE
WERE OVER HANCOCK COUNTY AND IN THE STROM THURMOND LAKE AREA. THE LINE
WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY
WINDS..HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
515 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

...TORNADO WATCH 171 IS CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING SOUTH CAROLINA
   COUNTIES - ABBEVILLE...CHEROKEE...GREENWOOD...LAURENS...SPARTANBURG
   AND UNION

...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH
   CAROLINA EXCEPT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON
   AND GEORGETOWN UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MARLBORO COUNTY IN THE NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE COLUMBIA AREA TO AUGUSTA GEORGIA AT 515 PM EDT.  THE LINE
CONTINUES MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 15 MPH WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 35 MPH.

HAIL AND SOME WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGH
THE MIDLANDS THIS AFTERNOON.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE
IF THE WEATHER BECOMES UNUALL8Y THREATENING OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

BROWN

BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
625 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 171 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING SOUTH
   CAROLINA COUNTIES - AIKEN...CHESTER...EDGEFIELD...FAIRFIELD...KERSHAW
                       LANCASTER...LEXINGTON...MCCORMICK..NEWBERRY...
                       RICHLAND...SALUDA AND YORK...

...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEASTERN
   SOUTH CAROLINA EXCEPT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON
   AND GEORGETOWN UNTIL 8 PM EDT...

THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM DILLON COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST THROUGH SUMTER AND ORANGEBURG COUNTIES TO ALLENDALE
COUNTY ALONG THE SAVANNAH RIVER.  THE LINE CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST ABOUT 15 MPH.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THE WEATHER BECOMES UNUSUALLY THREATENING
OR IF A QWARNING IS ISSUED.

BROWN