Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Raleigh, NC

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
343 PM EDT SAT APR 29 1989

TIME           EVENT
 300 PM EDT    DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR LINDELL IN NORTHWEST PART
               OF GREENE COUNTY. OBSERVED BY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY AND
               REPORTED BY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

JBM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
425 PM EDT SAT APR 29 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ALAMANCE COUNTY CANCELLED...
...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...

AT 420 PM VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF THE NORTHWEST
PIEDMONT INTO THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT. THE ONLY STORM THAT REMAINS IN THE
NORTHWEST PIEDMONT IS IN SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE ONLY REPORTS RECEIVED SO FAR IN ALAMANCE COUNTY WERE HIGH WINDS
ALONG ROUTE 87 SOUTH AND VERY HEAVY RAINS.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM IN RANDOLPH COUNTY SHOULD KEEP WATCH
AND SEEK SHELTER IF THE STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA.

GR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
445 PM EDT SAT APR 29 1989

AT 440 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN...PIEDMONT AND SAND HILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
THERE WERE FOUR AREAS OF STRONG STORMS.  IN THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN
STRONG STORMS WERE IN A BAND FROM JUST EAST OF WINDSOR NORTH OF AHOSKIE.
ANOTHER AREA IN THE CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN WAS BETWEEN GOLDSBORO KINSTON
FARMVILLE AND GREENVILLE.

IN THE SANDHILLS MORE STRONG STORMS WERE JUST SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHERN
PINES AND BETWEEN FORT BRAGG AND LILLINGTON.

IN THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT STRONG STORMS WERE IN AN AREA FROM PITTSBORO
NORTHEAST THROUGH CHAPEL HILL DURHAM AND CREEDMOOR. MORE STORMS WERE IN
EASTERN WAKE COUNTY.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. THESE STORMS
MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. MOORE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT PINE BLUFF AT 435PM EDT. THREE QUARTER
INCH SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE KINSTON AIRPORT 346PM EDT.

LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TELEVISION..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

HLW

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  GREENSBORO NC
 505 PM EDT SAT APR 29 1989

ATTN SELS...
 TIME                       EVENT
BETWEEN 400 PM EDT          TREES DOWN IN EAST CENTRAL ALAMANCE COUNTY
AND 430 PM EDT              ONE LARGE ENOUGH TO DOWN POWER LINES AND
                            DAMAGE ROAD REPORTED BY ALAMANCE COUNTY
                            SHERIFF. REPORT RECEIVED AT 430 PM EDT.

GR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
655 PM EDT SAT APR 29 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PART OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...

AT 650 PM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN SURRY COUNTY
TO CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY. A FEW OF THESE STORM CONTAIN VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE IN EASTERN
YADKIN AND CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF STATESVILLE.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS SHOULD KEEP WATCH
AND SEEK SHELTER IF THE STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA.

GR

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
714 PM EDT SAT APR 29 1989

TIME           EVENT
 426 PM EDT    HAM OPERATOR REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT HILLSBOROUGH.

 450 PM EDT    SOUTH OF GARNER(WILLIAMS CROSSROADS) STRONG WINDS
               ESTIMATED 50-60 MPH. UTILITY BUILDING BLOWN AWAY.

 500 PM EDT    MOTH BALL SIZE HAIL IN SCOTLAND NECK...EASTERN
               HALIFAX COUNTY. REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF'S
               DEPARTMENT.

 504 PM EDT    11/2 INCH HAIL AT KINSTON AT FORESTRY SERVICE STATION.

 624 PM EDT    TORNADO REPORTED AT HAM'S CROSSROADS IN PITT COUNTY...
               THREE BUILDINGS DESTROYED...PACK HOUSE DESTROYED AND
               HOG FARM...NO INJURIES...TREES UPROOTED

 650 PM EDT    GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN AYDEN IN PITT COUNTY.

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