Tornado Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
500 PM EST SAT MAR 26 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
UNTIL 1100 PM EST...

AT 445 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS OF
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.  A FEW OF THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN SEVERE
DURING THE AFTERNOON.

AS THIS LINE OF STORMS MOVES EAST...IT WILL BE MOVING INTO AN AIR MASS
WHICH WILL REMAIN FAVORBLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER.  CURRENT INDICATIONS
ARE THE LINE OF STORMS WILL REACH THE TRIANGLE AND FAYETTEVILLE
AREAS AROUND 800 PM EST.  AREAS FARTHER TO EAST WOULD BE AFFECTED
LATER IN THE EVENING.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.  PLEASE LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TELEVISION...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WAJ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
 515 PM EST SAT MAR 26 1988

 ...TORNADAO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR MOST OF THE NORTHWEST
PIEDMONT...

AT 515 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHCENTRAL VIRGINIA
SOUTHWEST THROUGHT THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT TO NEAR ASHVILLE.  RADAR
INDICATES SOME HEAVY STORMS IN THE LINE.  THESE HAVE THE POTENTAL
OF BECOMING SEVERE. THE MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS EASTWARD AT 40 MPH.
THE WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED AT THIS TIME BUT THERE IS STILL A CHANCE OF
SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EVENING. KEEP WATCH FOR POSSIBLE
THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE APPROPIATE ACTION.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

SAS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
612 PM EST SAT MAR 26 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EXTENDED UNTIL 700 PM FOR LINCOLN...
CLEVELAND...STOKES...IREDELL...AND YADKIN COUNTIES IN NORTH
CAROLINA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH FOR THE ABOVE COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EST.  STRONG THUNDERTORMS
CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE EXTENDED WATCH AREA.

THESE STORMS WILL SOON MOVE INTO A TORNADO WATCH WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.  THESE STORMS ARE
PART OF AN ACTIVE LINE OF THUNDESTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN
VIRGINIA TO SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

LISTEN FOR LATER INFORMATION ON THI,S POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER
SITUATION.
WAJ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
 630 PM EST SAT MAR 26 1988

 AT 630 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA TO NORTH
CWENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.  THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AS THE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE LINE. THERE ARE HEAVY STORMS THROUGHOUT THE
LINE WITH POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF
THE LINE.  HAIL AND HIGH WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THESE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TOP CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING.  KEEP WATCH FOR
POSSIBLE THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

FURTHER STATEMENTS AND/OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS WARRANTED.

SAS

                                                                             [

                                                                            C

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
712 PM EST SAT MAR 26 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR MUCH
OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HAS NOW EXPIRED IN ALL AREAS...

AT 700 PM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER NORTH OF ROXBORO...
EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO CASWELL COUNTY.  THESE STORMS ARE PART
OF A LINE OF STORMS WHICH PRODUCED SOME SEVERE WEATHER EARLIER
TODAY NORTHWEST OF THE GREENSBORO/WINSTON-SALEM AREA.  THERE HAVE
BEEN NO RECENT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER...BUT THE STORMS PROBABLY
CONTAIN SOME HAIL AND WILL AT LEAST PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.  THEY ARE
MOVING EAST ABOUT 35 MPH.

ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS WAS GAINING STRENGTH FROM SOUTH OF GREENSBORO
TO WEST OF CHARLOTTE.  THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE SANDHILLS
...NORTHEAST PIEDMONT...AND COASTAL PLAIN LATkER THIS EVENING.
^
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TELEVISION...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO
STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WAJ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
800 PM EST SAT MAR 26 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR MUCH
OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 745 PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED WIND GUSTING TO 48 MPH 10 MILES
SOUTH OF HENDERSON IN VANCE COUNTY.  WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A
THUNDERTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THAT AREA.  OTHER STORMS WERE
SHOWN FROM THE KERR LAKE AREA TO JUST NORTH OF RALEIGH-DURHAM.
SPOTTERS ACROSS THIS PART OF THE STATE HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR GUSTY
WINDS AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH.

ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS WAS SHOWN FROM JUST WEST OF CHAPEL HILL
EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO SILER CITY AND ON TO EAST OF CHARLOTTE.
THESE STORMS ALSO CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...AND ALL AREAS OF STORMS IN
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE.
^
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TELEVISION...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO
STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WAJ
JN THE