Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Raleigh, NC

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.

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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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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1125 PM EDT SAT APR 29 1989

AT 1120 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS
ALONG WITH SOME HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT
OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE ACROSS EASTERN DURHAM..
NORTHERN WAKE AND SOUTHERN GRANVILLE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE
MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS WILL TAKE THEM INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING..HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SOME SMALL HAIL. ALSO THERE MAY BE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADS ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.6
THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL ACROSS NORTHERN WAKE
COUNTY.

LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATH  ER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1210 AM EDT SUN APR 30 1989

AT MIDNIGHT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL AREAS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.  THE HEAVIEST
STORM APPEARED NEAR THE FRANKLIN...NASH...WAKE COUNTY LINES HEADING
EAST INTO NASH COUNTY AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DETECTED OVER SOUTHERN JOHNSTON...EASTERN
HARNETT...AND NEAR THE SCOTLAND...RICHMOND COUNTY LINE.  THESE STORMS ARE
TRACKING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND SUDDEN GUSTY
WIND...IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT SHARP LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.  THE
OCCURRENCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER AREAS HAVING ALREADY BEEN HIT BY HEAVY
RAIN FROM PREVIOUS STORMS THIS PAST EVENING MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH
FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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

^RFG