Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
720 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990

...SOME SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED FROM THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH IS MOVING TOWARD THE UPSTATE...
AT 715 PM EST THE LINE OF STORMS STRETCHED FROM NORTH OF ATHENS
TO NEAR MACON AND CONTINUED MOVING EAST ABOUT 30 MPH.  THE NORTHERN
END OF THE LINE COULD AFFECT OCONEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA AROUND
800 PM...AND THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THE LINE COULD AFFECT THE
ANDERSON/ABBEVILLE COUNTIES AREA BETWEEN 800 PM AND 900 PM.

IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MAINTAIN SEVERITY.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CAREFULLY MONITOR THE PROGESS
3OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM.

IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS COULD BECOME NECESSARY IN PARTS OF
THE UPSTATE DURING THE EVENING.
JONES

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
820 PM EST FRI  MAR 17 1990

AT 810 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY.  THIS WAS PART OF A LINE OF STORMS EXTENDING
SOUTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN GEORGIA.  THE LINE
WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MACON..JACKSON..TRANSYLVANIA..HENDERSON..
POLK AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  THESE MAY
PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
HM

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
912 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990

902 PM......NORTH END OF CITY OF GREENWOOD...SOME TREES BLOWN DOWN.

WAJ

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
920 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR SECTION OF
THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING CLEVELAND...GASTON
AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES. THE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTION OF
SOUTH CAROLINA INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF CHEROKEE..YORK...CHESTER AND
LANCASTER COUNTIES.

A FLODD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY FOR THE
NORTHERN FOOTHILLS INCLUDING CATAWBA COUNTY.

AT 915 PM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWES A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS
FROM NEAR ASHVILLE NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH TO NEAR GREENVILLE SOUTH
CAROLINA. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
ABOUT 50 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO CLEVELAND COUNTY BETWEEN
1000PM AND 1100 PM.

STRONG GUSTY WIND...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE HAIL COULD ACCOMPANY
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH SOME FLOODING.

CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO YOUR LOCTAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR FURTHER STATEMENT.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 1100 PM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WORSEN

JPW