Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
310 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
   TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...

AT 315 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR NOTED A ONE TO TWO HOUR BREAK
IN THE RAIN ACROSS NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA AND THROUGH OCONEE COUNTY
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ELSEWHERE...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING
IN THE UPSTATE AREAS OF THE PALMETTO STATE...WITH& A FEW HEAVY RAIN
SHOWERS IN GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES.

THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST...WITH LITTLE CHANGE.
MUSGROVE

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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