Tornado Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
505 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

...A SEVERE THUNDESTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL
   THE UPSTATE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 5 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED THROUGH PICKENS AND OCONEE
COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA.. AND ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN
GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING JUST NORTH OF SENECA.

THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY BE EXPECTED IN OCCONEE...
PICKENS...GREENVILLE...AND NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTIES OF SOUTH
CAROLINA...WITH POSSIBLE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING...AND
SMALL HAIL.

PLEASE MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FREQUENTLY DURING LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS FOR THE LASTEST DEVELOPMENTS.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
520 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

...A SEVERE THUNDESTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL
   THE UPSTATE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 5.15 THIS AFTERNOON A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING IN
THE CLEMSON...PENDLETON AND LIBERTY AREAS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.

HAM RADIO OPERATORS IN OCONEE AND SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTIES HAVE
REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL DURING THE LAST HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING...
AND SOME HAIL...MAY BE EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF OCCONEE...PICKENS...
GREENVILLE...AND ANDERSON COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA...DURING THE
NEXT HOUR.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
530 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

AT 530 THIS TUESDAY EVENING...CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA EXTENDING INTO
NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA.   THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED DIAGONALLY ACROSS NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
TO SOUTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY...BOTH IN NORTH CAROLINA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST
AT ABOUT 30 MPH.  THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
CLEVELAND COUNTY AND THE TOWNS OF SHELBY AND KINGS MOUNTAIN BY AROUND
630 THIS EVENING.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TOWN OF
LINCOLNTON...IN LINCOLN COUNTY...BY ABOUT 545 PM.

A SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL OF ABOUT 5 MINUTES
DURATION FALLING NEAR THE TOWN OF MOORESBORO...IN SOUTHWESTERN
CLEVELAND COUNTY...AROUND 5 THIS EVENING.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 630 PM.

CLARK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
600 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

...A SEVERE THUNDESTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL
   THE UPSTATE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 5.55 PM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS THE
SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...FROM NEAR WOODRUFF...ACROSS SOUTHERN
GREENVILLE COUNTY...TO ANDERSON...THEN ACROSS LAKE HARTWELL. THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WAS NOTED BY WEATHER RADAR NEAR STARR AND BELTON.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING...
AND SMALL HAIL...CAN BE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...AND SOUTHERN GREENVILLE0 COUNTIES DURING THE
NEXT HOUR.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
600 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH AND
SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

AT 6 THIS EVENING...CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING ACROSS NORTHERN
MECKLENBURG...FROM NORTHEASTERN TO WEST-CENTRAL GASTON COUNTY THEN
INTO CENTRAL CLEVELAND COUNTY...ALL IN NORTH CAROLINA.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.  THIS
MOVEMENT WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS....POSSIBLE
HAIL...AND STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND
COUNTY...GASTON COUNTY...AND THE CITY OF GASTONIA...AND NORTHERN
MECKLENBURG COUNTY...ALL IN NORTH CAROLINA BY AROUND 630 THIS
EVENING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE CHARLOTTE AREA BETWEEN 630 AND 7
THIS EVENING.

THE SKYWARN NET HAS BEEN ACTIVATED AND NET CONTROL IS OPERATING FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CHARLOTTE.  NUMEROUS REPORTS
OF PEA SIZED HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM CLEVELAND COUNTY...IN THE
VICINITY OF SHELBY BETWEEN 530 AND 6 THIS EVENING.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  PEOPLE IN NORTH AND SOUTH
CAROLINA ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 700 PM.

CLARK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
640 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

...A SEVERE THUNDESTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL
   THE UPSTATE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 6.30 THIS EVENING A LARGE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS NEAR WARE SHOALS...HONEA PATH AND DUE WEST. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN
GREENWOOD COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS WERE@ OCCURRING ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AREAS FROM GAFFNEY
TO LAURENS TO JUST SOUTH OF ANDERSON. SHOWERS WERE ALSO NOTED BY
RADAR IN NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY AND HENDERSON AND TRANSYLVANIA
COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA.
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