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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1989, 8:05 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1989, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1989, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union 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
Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA 548 EDT MON JUN 5 1989 CORRECTION 3/4 INCH HAIL SOUTH OF TRYON ON I-26 IN POLK COUNTY AT 537 EDT. TREES DOWN IN SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY NEAR U.S. 74. AT 540 PM EDT. AS
Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
525 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1989
535-545 PM EDT NUMEROUS REPORTS WIND DAMAGE GREENVILLE AND VICINITY.
548 PM EDT DIME HAIL NORTH OF LYMAN IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY AND
HIGH WINDS PELHAM BATESVILLE AREA EMERGENCY PREP.
530 PM EDT NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN PICKENS TO
LIBERTY.
REFERENCE EARLIER REPORT FROM EASLEY...PERSON TRAPPED IN VEHICLE FROM
DOWNED POWER LINES.
WAJ/GSPSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 5:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 550 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO CLEVELAND...CATAWBA...LINCOLN...GASTON...MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS... UNION...ANSON..STANLY...MONTGOMERY...RICHMOND...IREDELL...AND ROWAN COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND CHEROKEE...YORK...CHESTER...AND LANCASTER COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. AT 545 PM...CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL CAROLINAS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ...EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF HICKORY ACROSS BURKE AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA INTO SPARTANBURG COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THE STORMS INTO CATAWBA AND CLEVELAND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND INTO CHEROKEE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEFORE 630 THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 745 THIS EVENING. CLARK
Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anson | 53 min |
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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.