Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
530 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN BEGIN TO AFFECT SOUTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS...MORE ON THE WAY...
AT 525 AM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS JUST MOVING INTO
THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.  THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN
SECTIONS OF OCONEE...PICKENS...GREENVILLE...AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES.

THESE STORMS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING.  THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN CAUSING
SOME SEVERE WEATHER AND SOME RATHER SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS
ACROSS PARTS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHERN GEORGIA OVERNIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE ACROSS THE
UPSTATE TODAY...AND THEURE IS ALSO POTENTIAL FOR LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN.
THEREFORE...PEOPLE IN THE UPSTATE SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.
WAJ

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
715 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR ALL UPSTATE COUNTIES...
AT 710 AM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN ATHENS AND ATLANTA HAVE ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNINGS FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS.  THERE WAS SOME WIND DAMAGE
REPORTED EARLIER THIS MORNING FROM THIS LINE.

BASED ON THE CURRENT MOVEMENT...PART OF THIS LINE COULD AFFECT
WESTERN UPSTATE COUNTIES /OCONEE AND ANDERSON/ BY ABOUT 800 AM.
ANOTHER PART OF THE LINE COULD MOVE TOWARD ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD
COUNTIES A LITTLE LATER THIS MORNING.

LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WAJ

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
815 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 100 PM EST INCLUDES ALL UPSTATE COUNTIES...
AT 810 AM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING TOWARD ANDERSON COUNTY.  BASED ON THE CURRENT MOVEMENT THESE
STORMS SHOULD CROSS INTO SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN 830 AM AND 900 AM.

ALTHOUGH THE ENTIRE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS WEAKENED SOMEWHAT...
REDEVELOPMENT COULD OCCUR QUICKLY.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS REPORTED
WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS EARLIER IN GEORGIA.

OTHERWISE...RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF THE
UPSTATE AT 810 AM.  THE THREAT OF SOME FLOODING WILL INCREASE AS
THE RAIN CONTINUES...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
WHERE THE LARGEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS /UP TO 2 INCHES/ HAVE BEEN
REPORTED SO FAR.
WAJ