Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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
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
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
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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
549 PM EDT FRI  MAY 5  1989

AT 540 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
RAPIDLY IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.  THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE IN MACON COUNTY SOUTH OF FRANKLIN AND NEAR LAKE TOXAWAY
IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY.  THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST A 50 MPH.

ALSO SOME VERY STRONG STORMS WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS SPOTTED
IN OCONNEE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA.  THESE WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAIL AND VERY
STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE MORE THAN 2 INCHES(2.05) OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN SINCE AROUND 5PM.  SOME STREET FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE
CITY OF ASHEVILLE.
HM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
600 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989

//////SEVERE WEATHER POSES AN UNUSAL THREAT THIS EVENING... BE
PREPARED//////

AT 555 THIS EVENING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE WEATHER WELL EAST OF
CHARLOTTE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA.  A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM FOR MONTGOMERY
COUNTY.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO LOCATED OVER
SOUTHWESTERN AND NORTHEASTERN RICHMOND COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA.
THESE STORMS ARE BEING MONITORED CLOSELY AND MAY REQUIRE A WARNING.
EVERYONE IN RICHMOND COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER
AS THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVES THROUGH.

MOVEMENT OF ALL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR
CATAWBA... CLEVELAND... LINCOLN... GASTON... MECKLENBURG... UNION...
CABARRUS... IREDELL... ROWAN... STANLY... ANSON... RICHMOND AND
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA.   THE SAME TORNADO WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF CHEROKEE... YORK...
CHESTER AND LANCASTER...

THE COUNTIES GIVEN ARE ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE TORNADO WATCH
WHICH COVERS A LARGE PORTION OF BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA...

WELL TO THE SOUTHWEST OF CHARLOTTE IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA VIOLENT
WEATHER REQUIRING WARNINGS HAS BEEN REPORTED.  THIS ACTIVITY IS
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT IN AN EXPLOSIVELY UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE.  EVERYONE THROUGHOUT THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD TAKE
SEVERE WEATHER INTO CONSIDERATION WHILE THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN
EFFECT TONIGHT.  ONCE AGAIN THE TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED STATEMENT IS FOR 7 OCLOCK... BE ALERT AND PREPARED
SHOULD WARNINGS BE REQUIRED IN THE MEANTIME.

RK