Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Raleigh, NC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
500 PM EDT MON APR 2 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL PLAIN..SANDHILLS
AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT UNTIL 1100PM EDT...

AT 455 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED TWO THUNDERSTORM
CELLS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH TOWARD THE SANDHILLS AND THE NORTHEAST
PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA.  THE FIRST WAS OVER NORTHERN RICHMOND AND
SOUTHERN MOORE COUNTIES...AND SHOULD BE IN THE SOUTHERN PINES AREA
BETWEEN 500 AND 515 PM. THE SECOND WAS BETWEEN GREENSBORO AND REIDSVILLE
...AND SHOULD BE IN ORANGE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN PERSON COUNTY AROUND
600PM.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST BEGINNING TO FORM SOUTHWEST OF GOLDSBORO
IN SOUTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST WAYNE COUNTY.

LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
HLW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
510 PM EDT MON APR 2 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR THE
NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 445 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL MOVING THROUGH
SOUTHERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY...ALONG THE GUILFORD COUNTY LINE. ALL REPORTS
ON THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS IT LEAVING PEA SIZE HAIL IN ITS WAKE. THE
LARGER AREA HAS THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS COVERING ROCKINGHAM
AND MOST OF CASWELL COUNTIES...THIS AREA IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE DEVELOPED IN NORTHERN
SURRY COUNTY JUST WEST OF MOUNT AIRY. NO MOVEMENT ON THIS STORM YET.
ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM IS BEGINNING TO DEVELOPE IN SOUTHERN WILKES AND
NORTHERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES. MOVEMENT ON THIS STORM IS EAST AT 30 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE APPROPIATE
ACTION IF NECCESSARY.

IF YOU HAVE REPORTS OF HAIL...HIGH WINDS...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OR
ANY TYPE OF SEVERE WEATHER...MAKE THE REPORT TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF
WHO WILL IN TURN FILE THE REPORT WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

RJD

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
610 PM EDT MON APR 2 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR THE
NORTHERN FOOTHILLS...NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT
OF NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 600 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A WIDE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS THAT STRETCHES FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF
STOKES COUNTY ...THROUGH SURRY...FORSYTH...YADKIN...DAVIE...AND
IREDELL COUNTIES.THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER
STOKES COUNTY AND IN FORSYTH JUST WEST OF WINSTON-SALEM. THE LINE IS
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND  HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED
OUT OF CASWELL AND ALAMANCE COUNTIES INTO ORANGE COUNTY...THIS STORM
HAS SLOWED TO ABOUT 20 MPH AND HAS INCREASED IN INTENSITY.

PERSONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA THIS EVENING SHOULD BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE APPROPIA5TE
ACTION IF NECESSARY.

RJD

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
651 PM EDT MON APR 02 1990

TIME           EVENT

630PM EDT      FOLLOWING REPORTS RECEIVED FROM BASE WEATHER AT FORT
               BRAGG NC IN HO_KE COUNTY.

               3/4 INCH TO 11/2 INCH HAIL REPORTED 4 MILES SW OF FBG

               1 INCH HAIL REPORTED 6 MILES S OF FBG

LBC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
700 PM EDT MON APR 2 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR THE
NORTHERN FOOTHILLS...NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT
OF NORTH CAROLINA.

AT 650 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A WIDE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS MOVING THORUGH THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...
THE LINE IS NOW OVER THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE
LINE LIES FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CASWELL COUNTY...THROUGH
ROCKINGHAM...GUILFORD...FORSYTH...DAVIDSON...YADKIN...DAVIE...IREDELL
AND JUST BEGINNING TO ENTER ROWAN COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY IS IN THE BROWNS SUMMIT AREA WHERE MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN
REPORTED. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA THIS EVENING SHOULD BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF
SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES.k

RJD

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
820 PM EDT MON APR 2 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR THE
NORTHERN FOOTHILLS...NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT
OF NORTH CAROLINA.

AT 800 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A WIDE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH THE NORTHWEST
PIEDMONT. IN THE LAST 15 MINUTES THE NORTHERN END OF THIS LINE IN
ALAMANCE...GUILFORD AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES HAS INCREASED IN INTENSITY.
REPORTS OF PEA SIZE TO MARBLE SIZE HAVE BEEN RECIEVED FROM GUILFORD AND
ALAMANCE COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE HANGING JUST UNDER THE SEVERE
LEVEL ALL EVENING...WINDS HAVE BEEN LIGHT AND ALSO RAINS HAVE BEEN LIGHT.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS ARE IN FORSYTH...DAVIE...DAVIDSON...
AND ROWAN COUNTIES. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE...THE COMBINATION OF TOWERING CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS...
RAINSHOWERS...VIVID LIGHTNING AND BLUE SKIES TO WEST MADE FOR A
SPECTAULAR SUNSET.

PERSONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD ON LOOKOUT FOR
SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION  IF SEVERE
WEATHER5 APPROACHES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND ANY
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

RJD