Tornado Warning 15, NWS Raleigh, NC

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

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER RANDOLPH COUNTY OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...

AT 300 PM A FEW HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER RANDOLPH COUNTY OF THE
NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. THE STORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS JUST SOUTHEAST
OF ASHEBORO. THESE STORMS HAD JUST DEVELOPED.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD KEEP WATCH AND IF THREATENING
WEATHER OCCURRS TAKE NECXESSARY PRECAUTIONS.

GR

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

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM FOR GREEN..
WILSON AND EASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES AND FOR LENOIR COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM...

AT 300 PM WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT...SAND HILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH
CAROLINA. THE STROGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN COUNTIES OF
WAYNE...LENOIR...GREN AND WILSON ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM THE
CITIES OF WILSON TO GOLDSBORO TO MT OLIVE. THERE WERE OTHER STRONG
STORMS SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE OVER CUMBERLAND COUNTY...OVER EASTERN
MOORE...WESTERN LEE AND SOUTHERN CHATHAM COUNTIES FROM SOUTH OF GOLDSTON
TO WEST OF SANFORD. A NEWLY DEVELOPED STORMS WAS JUST NORTH OF CHAPEL
HILL OVER ORANGE COUNTY.

ADDITONAL STORMS WERE FURTHER WEST OVER RANDOLPH...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY
AND RICHOMOND COUNTIES.
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THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH.
INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OF THESE STORMS HAS BEEN INCREASING.

ADDITONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS WILL BE ISSUED AS
NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR TO YOUR NOAA
WEATHER RADcIO.

JFB

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