Tornado Warning 6, NWS Columbia, SC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
305 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN GEORGIA UNTIL 5 PM...

AT 300 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN
WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW VERY STRONG...FROM CENTRAL GEORGIA
INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTH
CAROLINA IN AIKEN AND HAMPTON COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 35 MPH.

PERSONS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE HAIL AND TORNADOES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
510 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL
11 PM...

AT 500 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN
WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW VERY STRONG...FROM CENTRAL GEORGIA
INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN BURKE
COUNTY GEORGIA NEAR SARDIS AND GIRARD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 35 MPH.
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RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL..WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED
FLOODING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE HAIL
AND TORNADOES.

BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
457 PM EDT MON MAY 01 1989

... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...

AT 430 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN BATESBURG
AND COLUMBIA. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST SOUTH SOUTHEAST
OF COLUMBIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.
HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN ORANGEBURG AND LEXINGTON
COUNTIES DURING THE PAST HOUR.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL. REMEMBER..TORNADOES CAN OCCUR IN ASSOCIATION WITH SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS AND STREETS WITH POOR DRAINAGE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA
OR THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.

BLP

BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
554 PM EDT MON MAY 01 1989

... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...

AT 530 PM RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF SHOWERS AND
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM BARNWELL AND AIKEN COUNTIES NORTHWARD
THROUGH THE COUNTIES OF ORANGEBURG..LEXINGTON..AND RICHLAND. THIS
INCLUDES THE GREATER COLUMBIA AREA. SOME FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN
AIKEN COUNTY AND HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN
AIRPORT DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS.

THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING THE THREAT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA DURING THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS..AND THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NORTH
MIDLANDS AND NORTHEAST PARTS OF THE STATE LATER TONIGHT.
INTERESTS THROUGHOUT THE MIDLANDS AND NORTHEAST PARTS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. REMEMBER..SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
ALSO SPAWN TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

IF YOU ARE NEAR A FLOOD PRONE AREA..WATCH OUT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND
THE POSSIBILITY OF RISING WATER. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING
IS A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE STRONG STORMS
TONIGHT.

LISTEN  LOCAL RADIO..TV.. OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS..
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

BLP

BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
615 PM EDT MON MAY 01 1989

... THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
    OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUT CONTINUES THROUGH THE PIEDMONT .. MIDLANDS
    AND COASTAL SECTIONS UNTIL 11PM...

RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF SHOWERS AND HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS FROM BARNWELL AND AIKEN COUNTIES NORTHWARD THROUGH THE
MIDLANDS OF THE STATE AS WELL AS THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS.
IN GENERAL THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT
30 MPH. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WEATHER PATTERN IS
STILL IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND IS EXPECTED TO TRACK THROUGH THE
MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING. HERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS
OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE THUDERSTORMS.

FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE BENNETTSVILLE AREA OF MARLBORO
COUNTY AND THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF DAMAGE IN BARNWELL COUNTY WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

REMEMBER..SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN SPAWN TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO
ADVANCE WARNING.

IF YOU ARE NEAR A FLOOD PRONE AREA..WATCH OUT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND
THE POSSIBILITY OF RISING WATER. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING
IS A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE STRONG STORMS
TONIGHT.

LISTEN  LOCAL RADIO..TV.. OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS..
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

RWK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
630 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL
11 PM...

AT 615 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN
WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW VERY STRONG...FROM EASTERN GEORGIA
INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH
CAROLINA IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF AIKEN COUNTY AND IN LEXINGTON

RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL..WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED
FLOODING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE HAIL
AND TORNADOES.

REPORTS FROM AIKEN AND BARNWELL COUNTIES INDICATED THAT A POSSIBLE
TORNADO TOUCH DOWN IN BARNWELL COUNTY IN WILLISTON ON THE NORTH END
OF HIGHWAY 78. THERE ARE REPORTS OF INJURIES AND DAMAGES.