Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Raleigh, NC

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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

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
742 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT EDT FOR THE NORTHERN
   FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NC...

AT 740 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDING FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF ROWAN AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES
TO CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY ALL OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. THE HEAVIEST STORMS
WERE JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF SALISBURY IN ROWAN COUNTY AND THE DENTON AREA
OF DAVIDSON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN ROWAN...SOUTHERN DAVIDSON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES SHOULD BE
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT.
LIGHTNING. THE INTENSITY OF THESE STORMS HAVE DECREASED SOMEWHAT IN THE LAST
HALF HOUR. SEEK SHELTER WHEN THE STORMS APPROAChH.

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

TIME           EVENT
 758 PM EDT    ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS 60 MPH IN CARY REPORTED BY AMATEUR
               RADIO OPERATORS.

758PM EDT      MEASURED WIND GUSTS 48 MPH AT NWS RALEIGH-DURHAM APRT.

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

TIME           EVENT
 8:05 PM EDT   TREE BLOWN DOWN IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH
               WINDS ESTIMATED 45 MPH IN NORTH RALEIGH
               REPORTED BY WAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE

RFG

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  GREENSBORO NC
830 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 1990

ATTN SELS...

TIME             EVENT

450 PM EDT       11/2 HAIL IN BOOMER IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF WILKES COUNTY.

521 PM EDT       MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN SUGARLOAF AREA OF NORTHEAST ALEXANDER
                 COUNTY.

525 PM EDT       MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN REIDSVILLE OF EASTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.

530 PM EDT       QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN DANBURY OF CENTRAL STOKES COUNTY.

635 PM EDT       HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH IN
                 HIGH POINT IN GUILFORD COUNTY.
635 PM EDT       MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE
                 IN THE CITY OF GREENSBORO

645 PM EDT       GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN GIBSONVILLE OF EASTERN GUILFORD
                 COUNTY REPORTED BY A HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

720 PM EDT       POWER LINE DOWN OVER MANY PARTS OF SOUTHERN IREDELL
                 COUNTY.

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STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  GREENSBORO NC
850 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 1990

ATTN SELS...

TIME             EVENT

730 PM EDT       8 TO 10 INCH DIAMETER/40 FOOT TALL TREE DOWN IN THE
                 SOUTHEAST SECTION OF SALISBURY IN ROWAN COUNTY REPORTED
                 BY COOPERATIVE WEATHER SPOTTER. TRAFFIC HAD TO BE REROUTED.
                 POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY. ONE CAUSED A FIRE.

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