Tornado Warning 8, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
1155AM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE UPSTATE AREA OF
SOUTH CAROLINA, ALSO IN NORTH GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 30 TO 35 MPH. HAIL HAS
BEEN REPORTED IN SOME OF THE STORM CELLS ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
AND GUSTY WINDS.

THIS STORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

PEOPLE IN THE UPSTATE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND READY TO TAKE
IMMEDIATE ACTION FOR SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
CURTIS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
1220 EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

MARBLE SIZE HAIL FALLING OVER WESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY OF NORTH
CAROLINA.

SHORTLY AFTER NOON TODAY...THE CLEVELAND COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
REPORTED THE OCCURRENCE OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL FALLING NEAR SWAINSVILLE
A TOWN ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF SHELBY NORTH CAROLINA AND WIND GUSTS
ESTIMATED NEAR 50 MPH.

AT NOON...CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM WESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA
INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.  THIS STORM WAS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH.

THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...SOME
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF
CLEVELAND COUNTY AND OVER NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY BY AROUND 1230
THIS AFTERNOON.  IF THESE STORMS PERSIST...THEY WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHWESTERN GASTON COUNTY THEN THROUGH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY BEFORE
1 PM.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.  THE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS STORM WILL CONVERT DEBRIS INTO AIRBORNE PROJECTILES.  ALL LOOSE
ITEMS...SHOULD BE SECURED PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF THE STORM.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 2 THIS AFTERNOON.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
155 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING OVER NORTHWESTERN GASTON AND SOUTHEASTERN
CLEVELAND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA.

AT 1245 THIS AFTERNOON...CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CLEVELAND AND GASTON COUNTIES OF NORTH
CAROLINA AND OVER NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA.  THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT NEARLY 50 MPH.  THIS MOVEMENT WILL
BRING THESE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CITY OF GASTONIA IN GASTON
COUNTY AND ACROSS CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...BOTH IN NORTH CAROLINA BY
130 THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 1215 THIS AFTERNOON...AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED ONE HALF
INCH HAIL AND A FEW TREES OF UNKNOWN SIZE BLOWN DOWN NEAR BOILING
SPRINGS...EAST OF SHELBY IN CLEVELAND COUNTY.

PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR THE JUNCTION OF ROADS 180 AND 150
NEAR SHELBY AT 1220 PM.

AT 1232 THIS AFTERNOON...AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR RELAYED A REPORT
OF LIGHTNING KNOCKING OUT ONE OF THE CONSOLES IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
CENTER OF CLEVELAND COUNTY AROUND 1225 PM.

CLEVELAND COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED A BARN DESTROYED
ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF SHELBY IN CLEVELAND COUNTY.

AT 1253 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GASTON COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 130 THIS AFTERNOON.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 2 PM.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
220 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA
UNTIL 8 THIS EVENING.  THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTIES OF CLEVELAND...LINCOLN...GASTON...MECKLENBURG...IREDELL...
ROWAN...CABARRUS...UNION...ANSON...STANLY...MONTGOMERY...AND
RICHMOND.  AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF CHEROKEE...YORK...
CHESTER...AND LANCASTER.

AT 2 THIS AFTERNOON...CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM NEAR WINSTON SALEM
ACROSS ROWAN...CABARRUS...MECKLENBURG...AND GASTON COUNTIES OF NORTH
CAROLINA THEN ACROSS CHEROKEE AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.  THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS DEPICTED ALONG THE EASTERN
BORDER OF GASTON COUNTY AND OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF
CABARRUS COUNTY...BOTH IN NORTH CAROLINA.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE EASTERN SECTION OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY
OF SOUTH CAROLINA.  ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AT NEARLY 50 MPH.  THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE
HAIL TO NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND SOUTHERN CABARRUS COUNTIES OF
NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE 230 THIS AFTERNOON.

AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS MOVED ACROSS CLEVELAND
AND INTO GASTON COUNTY...THE ROOFS WERE BLOWN FROM SEVERAL BARNS... 2
TRAILERS WERE DESTROYED IN AN ABANDONED TRAILER PARK AND TREES
BETWEEN 12 AND 14 INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE TOPPLED.  A SMALL FUNNEL
WAS ALSO REPORTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM AT 1235 THIS
AFTERNOON.

AT 125 THIS AFTERNOON...AS THE STORM MOVED INTO THE CRAMERTOQN SECTION
OF GASTON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...7/8 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED BY AN
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 4 PM.

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STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
245 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

220 PM EDT   HAIL LARGER THAN MARBLE...NEAR JONESVILLE...REPORTED
             BY UNION CO SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
238 PM EDT   TWO PINE TREES BLOWN DOWN...FROM UNION PD.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
300 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

ANOTHER HAIL BEARING THUNDERSTORM HEADED FOR MECKLENBURG AND UNION
COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA.

AT 245 THIS AFTERNOON CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL
OVER THE TOWN OF YORK IN YORK COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.  THIS
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND THE CITY OF
CHARLOTTE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ABOUT 45 MPH.

THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GREER SOUTH CAROLINA REPORTED HAIL
LARGER THAN MARBLES REPORTED WITH THE STORM SYSTEM AS IT MOVED ACROSS
THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA.  AN
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN IN ASSOCIATION WITH A FUNNEL CLOUD ON US 49 ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH
OF THE TOWN OF YORK IN YORK COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM OVER CABARRUS COUNTY BROUGHT SEVERAL REPORTS OF
HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS FROM THE
KANNAPOLIS-CONCORD SECTION OF CABARRUS COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT
220 THIS AFTERNOON.  AT THE SAME TIME...A CITIZEN REPORTED A FUNNEL
CLOUD IN THE SOUTH RIDGE AREA OF THE TOWN OF CONCORD.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 PM.

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