Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
943 AM EDT THU OCT 25 1990

...MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...

A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. RAIN AND SNOW MIXED AS WELL AS
SOME SLEET WAS REPORTED FROM LOCATIONS ABOVE THE 4000 FOOT MARK. RAIN
AND SNOW MIXED WAS REPORTED AT HIGHLANDS IN MACON COUNTY AND AT
GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN IN AVERY COUNTY. SLEET WAS REPORTED AT FLAT TOP
MOUNTAIN IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY WHERE SOME ACCUMMULATION WAS REPORTED ON
ROADWAYS. A BRIEF THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO REPORTED AT FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN.

NO PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO DFAR WITH ROAD CONDITIONS IN THESE
AREAS..BUT MOTORISTS ARE STILL URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN
THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS. THESE CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE DAY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
GRC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1205 PM EDT THU OCT 25 1990

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE UPSTATE COUNTIES...

AT 1145 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE UPSTATE AREA OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS
WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE IN SOUTHERN OCONEE COUNTY AND JUST
SOUTHWEST OF ANDERSON COUNTY IN HART COUNTY GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM
OTHER STORMS THIS MORNING.

THE RAIN SHOULD END LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
ALONG THE COAST MOVES OUT OF THE AREA.

LISTEN TO NOAA RADIO T.V. OR OTHER RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
VALVERDE

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
1215 PM EDT THU OCT 25 1990

AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED 1/4 HAIL OVER SOUTH CHARLOTTE...
MECKLENBURG COUNTY... AT 1212 PM EDT.

TRW+ REPORTE;D BY CLIMATE OBSERVER IN CONCORD... CABARRUS COUNTY AT
1214 PM EDT.

RK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
1220 PM EDT THU OCT 25 19990

...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND GUSTY WINDS OVER  AND THE SURROUNDING PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN
PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

SMALL HAIL OCCURRED AT 1207 PM EDT ALONG HIGHWAY 160 JUST SOUTH OF
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE.

AT 1212 PM AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED ONE QUARTER INCH HAIL
IN SOUTH CHARLOTTE.

ANOTHER AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR OBSERVED PEA SIZE HAIL IN CHARLOTTE AT
I-77 AND BROOKSHIRE FREEWAY AT 1217 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL... GUSTY WINDS... BRIEF HEAVY PERIODS
OF RAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MECKLENBURG... CABARRUS AND UNION
COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL AFTER 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

... ACTION ITEM...  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE NOR WALK THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS.   AND... BE ALERT BSHOULD THE WIND BECOME GUSTY IN YOUR AREA.
WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED TREES COULD EASILY TUMBLE OVER IN
GUSTY WINDS AND EVEN DURING HEAVY RAIN.

RK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
1238 AM EDT THU OCT 25 1990

...MIXED PRECIPITATION CONTINUES ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO OCCUR ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN WAS THE
WEATHER WORD FOR MOST LOCATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET IN ELEVATION. IN THE
IN THE 4000 TO 5000 FOOT LEVEL PRECIPITATION TENDED TO BE IN THE FORM
OF RAIN AND SNOW MIXED WITH SOME SLEET. HEAVIER ACCUMMULATIONS OF SNOW
WERE MAINLY CONFINED TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5500 FEET. MT PISGAH AT 5721
FEET REPORTED A LITTLE OVER AN INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT NOON.
WHILE MT MITCHELL AT 6684 FEET REPORTED AROUND 8 INCHES.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE HIGHER
MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS
MONITORING THIS WEATHER SITUATION VERY CLOSELY AND WILL ISSUE
STATEME\NTS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
COLE