Tornado Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
300 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN THE UPSTATE...

AT 255 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FORMING
FROM JUST NORTH OF THE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBUG AIRPORT TO JUST SOUTH
OF ANDERSON.  AT 250 PM EDT HAIL A LITTLE LARGER THAN PEAS SIZE WAS
REPORTED IN GREENVILLE.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN BY RADAR NORTH AND WEST OF THE UPSTATE
IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE.  THUNDERSTORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST ABOUT 40 MPH.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
BWAJ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
302 PM EDT MON  MAY 23 1988

AT 3PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE
BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.  MOST OF THESE
WERE IN THE COUNTIES NEAR THE STATE BORDERS OF GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE
SOUTH CAROLINA.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH.

SOME OF THESE MAY BECOME QUITE STRONG DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH HEAVY
DOWNPOURS.
HM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
310 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1988

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE FORMED OVER THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS.

AT 3 THIS AFTERNOON...CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST EAST OF
TRYON IN POLK COUNTY...NORTH CAROLINA ACROSS GREENVILLE TO JUST SOUTH
OF ANDERSON...BOTH IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS
OF NORTH CAROLINA FROM JUST WEST OF KINGSPORT TENNESSEE TO NEAR
CLAYTON GEORGIA.  A SOLITARY SHOWER WAS OVER BURKE COUNTY...SOUTHWEST
OF HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA.  ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH.

BETWEEN 230 AND 3 THIS AFTERNOON...THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD
INCREASED IN BOTH COVERAGE AND INTENSITY.  PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
WITH THE THUNDERSTORM OVER GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA SHORTLY BEFORE
3 PM.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE PIEDMONT
CAROLINAS AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 THIS EVENING.

CEC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
413 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1988

AT 410 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.  ONE STORM WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS SHOWN OVER THE CITY OF GREENVILLE.  AT 405 PM
PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT WHITE HORSE ROAD IN WESTERN GREENVILLE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TELEVISION.q..OR LOCAL RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WAJ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
440 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1988

A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL HAD MOVED
INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS.

A 430 PM THIS AFTERNOON...CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR DETECTED AN
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY MOVING TOWARDS
THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR.

SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED ACCOMPANYING THIS STORM AS IT MOVED OVER THE
CITY OF GREENVILLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA EARLIER TODAY.

THE CURRENT MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL TAKE IT ACROSS NORTHWESTERN
CLEVELAND COUNTY BEFORE 500 THIS EVENING...AND IN THE VICINITY OF
HICKORY BETWEEN 530 AND 600 THIS EVENING.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 700 PM.

RNM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE, NC
525 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1988

A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL WAS MOVING
INTO WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY.

A 520 THIS AFTERNOON...CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR DETECTED AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF HICKORY MOVING TOWARDS THE
NORTHEAST AT NEAR 45 MILES AN HOUR.  DURING THE EVENING THE STORM
HAD SHOWN A TENDENCY OF A SLIGHT CLOCKWISE ROTATION AS WELL AS A
SLIGHT ACCELERATION IN FORWARD SPEED.  THIS CHARACTERISTIC INDICATES
THE POSSIBILITY OF THE STORM INTENSIFYING TO A SEVERE NATURE.

THE CURRENT MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL TAKE IT TO JUST NORTH OF
NEWTON OF CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTY BETWEEN 530 AND 600 THIS EVENING
...AND ACROSS NORTHERN LAKE NORMAN AROUND 600 PM.  BOATERS
ON NORTHERN LAKE NORMAN ARE ADVISED TO NOW GO INTO DOCK.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 700 PM.
RNM