Tornado Warning 12, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
430 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 900 PM FOR ALL THE UPSTATE COUNTIES OF
   SOUTH CAROLINA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD ANDERSON COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA HAS
PRODUCED ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA.  THERE HAVE BEEN
A NUMBER OF HAIL REPORTS WITH THIS STORM.  A WARNING MAY BECOME
NECESSARY FOR ANDERSON COUNTY SHORTLY.

LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WAJ

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
515 PM EST SAT APR 28 1990

505 PM       SILO BLOWN DOWN 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDERSON AT
INTERSECTION OF SC 187 AND US 29.
512 PM       GOLFBALL HAIL WESTERN SECTIONS ANDERSON.

DAMAGE IS OCCURRING BACK EDGE OF STORM WHICH INDICATES POSSIBLE TORNADO.

JONES

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
525 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM FOR THE CENTRAL...
SOUTHERN AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...

SHORTLY BEFORE 530 PM AN AREA OF RAINSHOWERS...MOSTLY LIGHT WAS
LOCATED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PREVIOUS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DISSIPATED. HOWEVER...A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXISTS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING.

THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE INTO
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS BEFORE 6PM EDT. HEAVY
RAINS MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

IF THREATHENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. PRfEFERRABLY ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
515 PM EST SAT APR 28 1990

540 PM       GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
             IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE "CITY OF GREENVILLE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
608 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FOOTHILLS AND THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...ASHE...WATUAGA AND AVERY IN
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

AT 6PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM
SOUTH OF HENDERSONVILLE TO NEAR THE ASHEVILLE AIRPORT IN THE SOUTHERN
MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PART OF A LINE OF STORMS THAT PRODUCED GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS
IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS ARE THE WEAKER PART OF THIS LINE OF STORMS BUT
ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS.

THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES AS THEY MOVE INTO THE FOOTHILLS OF
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

IF THREATHENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. PREFERRABLY ON THE FIRST FLOOR AWAY FROM DOORS
AND WINDOWS. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES IN THE EVENT OF A
TORNADO.

LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST PART OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
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STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
614 PM EST SAT APR 28 1990

607 PM EDT  POWER LINES DOWN IN CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY AT
            HIGHWAY 9 AND INTERSTATE 85 REPORTED BY SPARTANBURG
            CITY POLICE

607 PM EDT  MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED IN THE CITY OF GREENVILLE WITH
            SOME INJURIES REPORTED BY WEATHER SPOTTER

610 PM EDT  ONE INCH HAIL REPORTED BY FAA EMPLOYEE ABOUT 3 MILES
            EAST OF GRDEENVILLE SPATANBURG AIRPORT