Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC
740 AM EDT THU APR 06 1989

AT 730 AM EDT...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CLEARED THE NORTH
CAROLINA COAST.  RAIN AND RAINSHOWERS CONTINUES OVER A PORTION OF
COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF VIRGINIA.

HATTERAS ISLAND RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO STANDING WATER ON ROUTE
12 THIS MORNING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED MOST OF THE NIGHT.
MOST OF THE VILLIAGES ARE PRONE TO STANDING WATER FROM HEAVY RAINFALL
...ESPECIALLY AVON AND RODANTHE.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL AND
OFFSHORE WATERS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN 25 MILES OF THE COAST
BETWEEN CAPE HATTEkRAS AND ORACOKE.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED
OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS FROM 50 TO 125 MILES NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH
OF CAPE HATTERAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1240 PM EDT THU APR 06 1989

AT 1230 THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED IN
SHORT LINES FROM SAMPSON COUNTY THROUGH BLADEN COUNTY AND
COLUMBUS COUNTY INTO EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH OF FLORENCE.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLUSTERED AROUND THE MYRTLE BEACH AND
CRESCENT BEACH AREA IN EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA.  THE STORMS WERE
CHANGING RAPIDLY AS THEY MOVED EAST ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

SOME SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS IN BLADEN
AND ROBESON COUNTIES OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
AROUND NOON TODAY.  TABOR CITY ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER
OF COLUMBUS COUNTY ALSO REPORTED SMALL HAIL AROUND 1230 THIS
AFTERNOON.

PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SIMILAR
HAZARDS THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL THE STORMS PASS EAST BEYOND THE

FORECAST AREA INTO THE ATLANTIC.  NO HIGH WINDS OR
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS
SO FAR TODAY.  TENDER CROPS AND ORNAMENTALS MAYBE BE
VULNERABLE TO SMALL HAIL.