Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Raleigh, NC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
350 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR THE NORTHERN
   FOOTHILLS AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NC...

AT 345 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN JUST TO THE WEST OF PILOT MOUNTAIN OF SURRY COUNTY...EXTREME
WESTERN WILKES COUNTY AND ACROSS THE VIRGINIA BORDER TO THE SOUTHWEST
OF STUART VIRGINIA. THE STORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS TO THE WEST
OF PILOT MOUNTAIN. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS
STILL IN NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. MOVEMENT
WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILL COUNTIES OF SURRY AND WILKES AND STOKES
COUNTY OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND TAKE SHELTER
WHEN THEY APPROACH.

GR

NCZ006-007-009-012200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
509 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR THE NORTHERN
   FOOTHILLS AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NC...

AT 500 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA VIRGINA BORDER IN THE NORTHEAST
CORNER OF SURRY AND STOKES COUNTIES OF NORTH COROLINA.  THESE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.

PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILL COUNTIES OF SURRY AND WILKES AND STOKES
COUNTY OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ANDm TAKE SHELTER
WHEN THEY APPROACH.
DH

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
650 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF
CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN.. THE
NORTHEAST PIEDMONT.. THE SANDHILLS.. AND JOHNSTON COUNTY OF THE CENTRAL
COASTAL PLAIN.  ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS
OF NORTH CAROLINA.

AT 645 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND ORANGE AND PERSON COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PIEDMON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROCKINGHAM AND GUILFORD
COUNTIES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THOSE COUNTIES. LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN
REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...SOME AS LARGE AS BASEBALLS IN EASTERN
EASTERN TENNESSE AND GOLFBALLS IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWNED IN A CHEROKEE
AND GRAHAM COUNTIES IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.

THIS SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE IS STILL A DEVELOPING ONE FOR MOST OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH THROUGH THE PIEDMONT INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
OTHER THUNDERSTORM CELLS MAY ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL
PLAIN AND SANDHILLS.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE TRIANGLE
AREA BETWEEN NOW AND 8 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING.

ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY CAUSE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.  LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

HLW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
700 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF
CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS..THE PIEDMONT..
..THE SANDHILLS.. THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN.. AND JOHNSTON COUNTY OF
THE CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN.  ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT TIL 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS.

AT 645 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND ORANGE AND PERSON COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED
WITH SEVERE STORMS...HAIL AS LARGE AS BASEBALLS IN EASTERN
TENNESSE AND GOLFBALLS IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA.
TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWNED IN CHEROKEE AND GRAHAM COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.

THIS SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE IS STILL A DEVELOPING ONE FOR MOST OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH THROUGH THE PIEDMONT INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
OTHER THUNDERSTORM CELLS MAY ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL
PLAIN AND SANDHILLS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE TRIANGLE
AREA BETWEEN 7 AND 8 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING.

ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY CAUSE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.  LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

KK
CORRECTED TO REDEFINE LOCATION AND EXPIRATION TIMES OF THE TWO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WA*TCHES IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CAROLINA.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
725 PM EDT TUE MAY 01 1990

TIME           EVENT
 710 PM EDT    TREES DOWN 3-4 MILES EAST OF BURLINGTON IN ALAMANCE
               COUNTY, NC.  REPOGRTED BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR.

RFG

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
730 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE
NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND MOST OTHER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
WEATHER RADAR AT 725 PM EDT SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL DURHAM AND ORANGE COUNTIES
AND EXTREME NORTHWEST CHATHAM COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A
HISTORY OF HIGH WIND AND HAIL AS THEY HAVE COME ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PIEDMONT REGION.

AT THEIR CURRENT RATE OF MOVEMENT THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CROSSING
THE TRIANGLE AREA DURING THE TIME U_NTIL 9 PM.

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

RFG