Tornado Warning 18, NWS Raleigh, NC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
335 PM EDT FRI MAY 05 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 325 PM EDT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED BY
WEATHER RADAR OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NO SEVERE THUNDERSTOMS DETECTED AT THIS TIME
...THE WEATHER SITUATION IS SUCH THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...LOCAL FLOODING
COULD OCCUR FROM THE HEAVIER STORMS IN MORE FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
435 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 430 PM EDT THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE
AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
HEAVY DOWNPURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE HEAVIEST STORM IS OVER
NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES
PER HOUR.
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THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS..HEAVY DOWNPOURS
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV OR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND/OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
514 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCH VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT
   ...NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 510 PM EDT THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE
AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE HEAVIEST STORM IS OVER
THE CITY OF GREENSBORO AND NORTHWEST IREDELL COUNTY OF THE NORTHWEST
PIEDMONT. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS..HEAVY DOWNPOURS
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV OR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND/OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
521 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE PIEDMONT AND
SANDHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDES PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND COASTAL PLAIN.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. THE POSSIBILITY
EXISTS THAT VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES WILL OCCUR IN NORTH CAROLINA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY.

THE AIR OVER THE STATE IS VERY UNSTABLE. A SMALL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVING TOWARD THE STATE FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE OF
SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. DAMAGE HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN NORTH
GEORGIA AS THE WEATHER SYSTEM MOVED THROUGH THAT AREA.

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

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
540 PM EDT FRI MAY 05 1989

TIME           EVENT
 520 PM EDT    HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...TREE DOWN...REPORTED AS A TORNADO.
               NORTHERN CHAPEL HILL.

520 PM EDT     EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER ORANGE COUNTY...DIME
               SIZE HAIL NEW HOPE CHURCH ROAD OFF NC 86 NORTH OF
               CHAPEL HILL.

540 PM EDT     LARGE HAIL IN NORTHERN DURHAM COUNTY. SIZE OF PENNIES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
700 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCH VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT
   ...NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 655 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER THE NORTHERN
FOOTHILL COUNTY OF WILKES AND EXTENDS SOUTH OF HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS..HEAVY DOWNPOURS
...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SOME FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

PERSON IN ALEXANDER COUNTY OF THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND IREDELL COUNTY
OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AT AROUND 730 PM.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEQNCY
AND ADVISE THEM TO RELAY THE INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS WARRANT.

GR