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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 5, 1989Montgomery County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1989, 5:28 PM EDT for Montgomery County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 1989, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1989, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, NC

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 5, 2:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 5, 3:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
400 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCREASING OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 355 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY
INCLUDING CHARLOTTE... GASTON... LINCOLN ... CLEVELAND... CATAWBA
AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA.  MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS
WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

EVERYONE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AS WELL AS CATAWBA COUNTY
OF NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY
RAIN... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

EARLIER  THIS AFTERNOON A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR
UNION COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA.  HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
OCCURRED NEAR MARSHVILLE.  THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXPIRED
AT 330 THIS AFTERNOON.

MOTORIST IN AND AROUND CHARLOTTE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POOLING OF WATER
IN LOW LYING AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  FLOODING OF CULVERTS AND LOW LYING
AREAS IS LIKELY.

THE NE>XT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED JUST BEFORE 5 PM.  HOWEVER... THERE
IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WARNINGS WILL BE NEEDED IN  THE MEANTIME... BE
PREPARED AND TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED.

KUHN
Special weather statement, May 5, 4:30 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
245 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCH FOR OCONEE.. PICKENS.. GREENVILLE.. SPARTANBURG..
   ANDERSON.. AND ABBEVILLE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 9PM...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING OVER THE SOUTH CASROLINA
UPSTATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 240 PM NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES OF
THE PALMETTO STATE.. WITH HEAVY RAIN FALLING IN NORTHERN GREENVILLE
COUNTY AND NEAR LAKE GREENWOOD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE SOUTH CAROLINA IS VERY UNSTABLE AND A FEW
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PERSONNEL IN ABBEVILLE REPORTED HEAVY RAIN
FALLING AT 225 PM.
MUSGROVE
Special weather statement, May 5, 4:39 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
435 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH FOR OCONEE...PICKENS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...
   ANDERSON...AND ABBEVILLE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 9PM...

AT 430 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM NORTHWEST OF ATHENS GEORGIA TO SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTA. THIS SYSTEM
WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO
THE UPSTATE AREuA OF SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN 500 PM AND 600 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON.

WARNINGS ARE BEING ISSUED IN GEORGIA FOR THESE STORMS. DAMAGING
WINDS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN
SOUTH CAROLINA FROM THIS SYSTEM.

VALVERDE
Special weather statement, May 5, 5:17 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
515 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN THE UPSTATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 510 PM EDT. RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
JUST SOUTH OF OCONEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO NORTH OF MACON GEORGIA.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN ATHENS AND MACON. THESE STORMS
ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO
ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA BY 545 PM
EDT.

VALVERDE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 4:37 AM EDTTornado WarningGSPUnion38 min
May 5, 11:32 AM EDTTornado WarningGSPUnion43 min
May 5, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion27 min
May 5, 4:37 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPUnion38 min
May 5, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnson39 min
May 5, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnson37 min
May 5, 6:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPHenderson, Polk, Transylvania115 min
May 5, 6:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPBuncombe2 hr
May 5, 7:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPBurke, McDowell, Rutherford119 min
May 5, 7:09 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCatawba, Cleveland51 min
May 5, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Lincoln58 min
May 5, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg60 min
May 5, 7:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCaldwell96 min
May 5, 7:39 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCaldwell31 min
May 5, 5:21 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPAnderson, Oconee69 min
May 5, 5:24 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPPickens66 min
May 5, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville69 min
May 5, 5:51 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPGreenville69 min
May 5, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenwood, Laurens59 min
May 5, 6:18 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPLaurens, Spartanburg57 min
May 5, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Union44 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.