Tornado Warning 26, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
245 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN PIEDMONT...

AT 240 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN ABBEVILLE GREENWOOD
AND LAURENS COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG
GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
REM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
445 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE IN UPSTATE LATER TONIGHT...

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS
OF SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE UPSTATE...LATER TONIGHT.  A VERY
STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORNADOES...HAVE BEEN OCCURRING
THROUGH THE DAY WEST OF OUR REGION.  MANY WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE
BEEN ISSUED ACROSS MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...GOERGIA...KENTUCKY...AND
OTHER STATES.

AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE WORST WEATHER COULD OCCUR IN THE UPSTATE
SOMETIME BETWEEN 900 PM AND 300 AM...BUT SEVERE WEATHER SITUATIONS
CAN CHANGE RAPIDLY SO THE TIMING COULD BE DIFFERENT.  IT IS POSSIBLE
THE SYSTEM COULD WEAKEN AND LESSEN THE THREAT...BUT AT THIS TIME THAT
DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY.
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT THE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG AIRPORT
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION CAREFULLY AND ISSUE FREQUENT
STATEMENTS.

UNTIL THE BRUNT OF THE WEATHER ARRIVES LATER TONIGHT...THERE IS SOME
POSSIBILITY THAT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY
LIKE THE ONE THAT AFFECTED GREENWOOD AND LAURENS COUNTIES EARLIER.

AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND OTHER SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE UPSTATE SHOULD
PREPARE TO ACTIVATE AT SHORT NOTICE TONIGHT.

LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SPOTTER REPORTS WERE VERY VALUABLE WHEN THE
FUNNEL CLOUD/TORNADO OCCURRED TnHIS AFTERNOON.

W. JONES/GSP

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
526 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

330 PM EST     FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED FORMING OVER GREENWOOD BY
               EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
335 PM EST     TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN COUNTRY HOMES AREA NORTHEAST OF
               GREENWOOD.  SEVERAL HOMES AND VEHICLES DAMAGED...NOT
               CLEAR YET WHETHER RED CROSS SHELTERS NEEDED...SOME
               VEHICLES DAMAGED...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
343 PM EST     TORNADO/WATERSPOUT ON GREENWOOD LAKE BY SPOTTERS.
355 PM EST     LAURENS COUNTY DEPUTY FOUND SWATH OF TREE DAMAGE AFTER
               THE FACT NEAR MOUNTVILLE NORTH OF CROSS HILL.  SOME
               POWER OUTAGES AROUND CROSS HILL.  TIME ESTIMATED BASED
               ON RADAR.

WAJ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
710 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE IN UPSTATE TONIGHT...
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST...

AT 700 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PARTS OF
NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 35 MPH.  IT IS
NOT YET CLEAR WHETHER THESE PARTICULAR STORMS WILL MOVE INTO
OCONEE COUNTY...BUT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL FOLLOW THE
PROGESS OF THE STORMS CAREFULLY AND ISSUE STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS IF
NECESSARY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES CONTINUE OVER
PARTS OF ALABAMA.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AND COULD AFFECT THE
UPSTATE LATER TONIGHT.

PEOPLE SHOULD LISTEN FREQUENTLY FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS SINCE
THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.  REVIEW TORNADO SAFETY RULES
NOW AND MAKE PLANS FOR WHAT ACTIONS YOU MIGHT TAKE SHOULD A WARNING
BE ISSUED FOR YOUR COUNTY LATER TONIGHT.

IGT IS STILL POSSIBLE THE STORMS COULD WEAKEN BEFORE THEY REACH OUR
AREA...BUT THAT DOES NOT SEEM LIKELY.

AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND OTHER SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE UPSTATE SHOULD
PREPARE TO ACTIVATE ON SHORT NOTICE TONIGHT.

W. JONES/GSP