Tornado Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
1207 PM EST SAT MAR 18 1989

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 12 NOON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALONG AND AHEAD OF
A COLD FRONT THAT IS LOCATED THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SYLVA IN JACKSON COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT AROUND 35
MILES AN HOUR.

SOME OF THESE STROM CELLS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS,
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROU'ND LIGHTNING. IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
GRC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
136 PM EST SAT MAR 18 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 130PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF CLEMSON TO
EASLEY MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS
THEY MOVE ACROSS PICKENS GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES.

PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO APPROACHING THUNDERSTOR%MS AND PREPARED TO
TAKE SHELTER IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES.
REM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
220 PM EST SAT MAR 18 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 215 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAINS WERE OVER WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AND NORTH INTO SOUTHWEST
CATAWBA COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTING WINDS
AND FREQUENT VIVID LIGHTNING.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTY
AND NORTHWEST INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPEARS GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY.
REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THUNDER IS NO LONGER HEARD.

PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND
ASK THEM TO DIRECT YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 430 THIS AFTERNOON.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
320 PM EST SAT MAR 18 1989

AT 320 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR DETECTED ONLY A FEW ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS REMAINING OVER THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
ONE WAS OVER EASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND ANOTHER OVER SOUTHERN
STANLY COUNTY.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND THE
INTENSITY WAS DECREASING.

MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE WIDE SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
LOWER FOOTHHILLS AND SOUTHERN PIEDMONT...FROM CLEVELAND COUNTY EAST
INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

THERE WAS SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN
PIEDMONT.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
THIS AFTERNOON UNLESS THREATENING CONDITIONS APPEAR.

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BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
410 PM EST SAT MAR 18 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN PENDLETON
AND ANDERSON AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST END OF LAKE HARTWELL DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR
AND BE NEAR WILLIAMSTON AND BELTON WIHTIN AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF ANDERSON COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND LIGHTNING WITH.
THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.

DHR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
420 PM EST SAT MAR 18 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THIS
EVENING FOR CLEVELAND...LINCOLN...GASTON...MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS
...STANLY...UNION...ANSON...MONTGOMERY...RICHMOND...IREDELL AND ROWAN
COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA AS WELL AS NEARBY COUNTIES...

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 415 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEAST UNION COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF
MARSHVILLE.  THIS STORM WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE ANSON COUNTYLINE AND
WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHEASTERN ANSON COUNTY BEFORE 5OO THIS
EVENING.  MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORM ACORSS NORTHERN ANSON COUNTY ABOUT
10 MILES NORTH OF WADESBORO.

RESIDENTS WITHIN NORTHEAST UNION COUNTY AND NORTHERN ANSON COUNTY ARE
ADVISED TO BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SUDDEN THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.  THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...VIVID LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OF LESSER INTENSITY WERE OBSERVE9D OVER
NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 630 THIS EVENING.

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