Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
346 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989

AT 330 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF GEORGIA.  THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS
PRODUCED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL...AND SOME
TORNADOES ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHERN GEORGIA.
THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST ABOUT 45 MPH AND
COULD AFFECT WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE UPSTATE AS EARLY AS 500 PM EDT.

AT THIS TIME...IT IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR WHETHER THIS PARTICULAR LINE
OF STORMS WILL MAINTAIN ITS CURRENT INTENSIY.  HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE
A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NIGHT.  AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS AND OTHER SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE UPSTATE SHOULD BE READY TO
ACTIVATE.  LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.  THIS
COULD BECOME A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

WAJ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
400 PM EDT TUE  APR 04 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE..GRAHAM..CLAY..
MACON..SWAIN AND JACKSON COUNTIES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL
1000 PM EDT TONIGHT...

AT 350 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA TOWARD THE EAST AT
ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THIS LINE IS MOVING
INTO SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN..
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THEY
PASS.

OS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
450 PM EDT TUE  APR 04 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE..GRAHAM..CLAY..
MACON..SWAIN...RUTHERFORD...TRANSYLVANIA..BUNCOMBE..BURKE..MCDOWELL..
HAYWOOD..POLK..AND HENDERSON COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 1100 PM
EDT TONIGHT...
AT 445 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA TOWARD THE EAST AT
ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR.  SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE
SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM ALONG SOUTHERN MACON AND CLAY COUNTIES CONTINUES TO
MOVE EAST.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGERYOUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY
DAMAGING TORNADOES.  ALSO..LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNIGHT AND DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THEY
PASS.

OS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
600 PM EST MON APR 04 1989

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH
FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING CHARLOTTE AND VICINITY...FROM
6 PM EST UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES CHEROKEE...YORK...CHESTER...AND LANCASTER
COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

IN NORTH CAROLINA THE WATCH INCLUDES
CABARRUS...GASTON...CLEVELAND...LINCOLN...UNION...MECKLENBURG...AND
CATAWBA COUNTIES AS WELL AS OTHER COUNTIES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS.

AT 530 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF
SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALNG THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA.

HEAVIEST ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH
CENTRAL GEORGIA...WHERE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERAL TORNADOES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

THIS IS A VERY DAsNGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY
DAMAGING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 745 PM EST.

JK