Tornado Warning 27, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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.

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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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
910 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM THURSDAY MORNING FOR A
LARGE PORTION OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND INCLUDES THE
COUNTIES OF CLEVELAND...CATAWBA...LINCOLN...GASTON...MECKLENBURG...
CABARRUS...UNION AND STANLY COUNTIES OF THE FOOTHILLS AND SOUTHERN
PIEDMONT...AND IREDELL AND ROWAN COUNTIES OF THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT...

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE
SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF CHEROKEE...YORK...CHESTER...LANCASTER...

AT 900 THIS EVENING AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED OVER THE
MOUNTIANS OF NORTH CAROLINA MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35
MPH.  THERE WAS A CONFIRMED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN EARLIER THIS EVENING
WITHIN THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN EDGE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTIANS.
THIS TORNADO WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A THUNDERSTORM INCLUDED IN THE AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTIANS.

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE VERY UNSTABLE THROUGHOUT THE NORTH
CAROLINA SOUTHERN PIEDMONT.  A COLD FRONT MOVING TOWARDS THIS AREA
FROM JUST WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS WILL VERY LIKELY TRIGGER
ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IN NORTH CAROLINA AS IT MOVES THROUGH
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY WITHIN THE WATCH AREA LATER TONIGHT.

AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE PLEASE KEEP INFORMED OF DEVELOPING CONDITIONS
AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE TIME THAT THE SEVERE
WE/ATHER WILL OCCUR.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY BEFORE 1100 PM UNLESS
CONDITIONS DETERIOATE.

RNM

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

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

AT 920 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER GREENVILLE AND
SPARTANBURG COUNTIES.  OTHER STORMS WERE SHOWN NEAR HARTWELL GEORGIA
AND NEAR TOCCOA.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 35 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA.  THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGE CONSISTENTLY DURING THE
EVENING AND WERE MOVING STEADILY TOWARD OUR AREA.

THE STORM NEAR HARTWELL WILL BE WATCH CAREFULLY FOR STRENGTHENING AS
IT APPROACHES ANDERSON COUNTY.

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 TONIGHT.

AMATEUR RADIO OPE(RATORS AND OTHER SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE UPSTATE SHOULD
PREPARE TO ACTIVATE ON SHORT NOTICE TONIGHT.  AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
IS STATIONED HERE AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

W. JONES/GSP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
1017 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

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

AT 1005 PM EST RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM
ROCKY BOTTOM IN PICKENS COUNTY SOUTHEAST ACROSS GREENVILLE TO
SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY.  STORMS VISIBLE FROM THE GREENVILLE-
SPARTANBURG AIRPORT WERE PRODUCING FREQUENT AND INTENSE LIGHTNING.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN ACROSS NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA.  AFTER
WEAKENING A BIT SINCE 830 PM...THESE STORMS HAVE RECENTLY SHOWN SIGNS
OF REGAINING STRENGTH.  THESE STORMS WILL BE WATCHED CAREFULLY AS THEY
APPROACH UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...THEY SEEMED TO BE ACCELERATING.

AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND OTHER SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE UPSTATE SHOULD
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.  AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
IS STATIONED HERE AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
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REPORTRS FROM SPARTANBURG COUNTY INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS.  WATER WAS COVERING SOME ROADS IN THE DUNCAN AREA.

W. JONES/GSP

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
1028 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

1021 PM EST    GOLFBALL HAIL WESTMINISTER...LONG CREEK AREA OF
               OCONEE COUNTY.

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