Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Aug 9, 1990, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)

Expired

Aug 9, 1990, 5:15 PM EDT

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

County Cherokee County, NC

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
420 PM EDT THU AUG 9 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE 
IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
      SOUTH CENTRAL CHEROKEE

AT 410 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN CHEROKEE
COUNTY BETWEEN MURPHY AND HAYESVILLE IN WESTHERN NORTH CAROLINA.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER,
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OF NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING, PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON`T USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON`T DRIVE INTO AREAS
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE, SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND, LARGE HAIL, VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  STAY
INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS MONITORING THIS SITUATION VERY
 CAREFULLY AND WILL ISSUE WARNING FOR FLOODING IF NECESSARY

USSERY

In the hours before

NCZ-010-011-092110-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
325 PM EDT THU  AUG 9  1990

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA...                                                              AAT 320 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
THE NORTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE BORDER FROM HOT SPRINGS TO MURPHY.  THE
HEAVIEST STORMS WERE IN GRAHAM AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES BETWEEN
ROBBINSVILLE AND MURPHY.  THEY WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST.

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN NORTH
CAOLINA THIS AFTERNOON THAT COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.  BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS
THE HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING.

PERSONS ALONG SMALL STREAMS OR IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.  BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO HIGHER @GROUND IF FLOODING SHOULD DEVELOP.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER..MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
HM

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.