Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Raleigh, NC

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

...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS...

AT 555 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...
SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN SURRY COUNTY WESTWARD
TO CENTRAL AND WESTERN WILKES COUNTY OF THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS. THE STORM
WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS IN THE NORTH WILKESBORO AREA. MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

PERSONS IN WILKES AND SURRY COUNTIES OF THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND
YADKIN AND STOKES COUNTIES OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AND VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS FOR THE NEXT HOUR. SEEK SHELTER WHEN STORMS APPROACH.

GR

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
755 PM EDT WED MAY 02 1990

TIME           EVENT
739 PM EDT     GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN STATESVILLE
               IN IRDELL COUNTY BY HIGHWAY PATROL.

JMP FOR WSO GSO

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
814 PM EDT WED MAY 02 1990

FOLLOWING REPORTS WERE PHONED IN TO WGHP-TV, HIGH POINT BY
VIEWERS AND RELAYED TO WSFO RALEIGH AT 810 PM:

TIME        1   EVENT
710 PM EDT     QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN ASHE COUNTY.

730 PM EDT     GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN MOCKSVILLE, DAVIE COUNTY.

JMP

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
950 PM EDT WED MAY 2 1990

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

AT 940 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
IN A LINE FROM HILLSBOROUGH IN ORANGE COUNTY SOUTHWEST INTO WESTERN
CHATHAM COUNTY. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST ORANGE COUNTY
COUNTY WEST OF CHAPEL HILL AND IN WESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY NEAR SILER
CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THEY WILL
AFFECT ORANGE COUNTY, DURHAM COUNTY, CHATHAM COUNTY AND NORTHERN MOORE
COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND 1045 PM.

THESE STORMS CAUSED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS EARLIER THIS EVENING
AS THEY PASSED THROUGH THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. THESE STORMS HAD LOST
SOME OF THEIR INTENSITY AS THEY MOVED INTO THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND
EXTREME NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SANDHILLS. HOWEVER, THESE STORMS STILL
CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CURRENT
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND 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 RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1115 PM EDT WED MAY 2 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND
SANDHILLS...

AT 1100 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
IN A LINE FROM FRANKLIN AND GRANVILLE COUNTIES SOUTHWEST ACROSS WAKE
COUNTY INTO HARNETT, LEE AND MOORE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
IN EASTERN LEE COUNTY AND IN SOUTHERN MOORE COUNTY JUST NORTH OF
SOUTHERN PINES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 35 MPH.
BETWEEN NOW AND MIDNIGHT...THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE ROCKY
MOUNT-WILSON AREA, JOHNSTON AND HARNETT COUNTIES, AND NORTHERN HOKE
AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES.

MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 1040 PM AS ONE OF THE STORMS PASED
THROUGH SANFORD IN LEE COUNTY. SMALL HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED IN MOORE
COUNTY JUST BEFORE 1100 PM. THE WIND GUSTED TO 38 MPH AS A STORM
MOVED OVER THE RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 1024 PM EDT.

THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LOSE THEIR INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE EAST
INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN. HOWEVER, THESE STORMS
STILL CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHO'ULD REMAIN ALERT TO CURRENT
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
HLW