Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Raleigh, NC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
330 PM EDT THU MAY 10 1990

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 208 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 7 PM. HOWEVER...THE WATCH HAS BEEN
CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT WHICH INCLUDES CHARLOTTE.
DRY AIR SPREADING RAPIDLY INTO NORTH CAROLINA FROM THE WEST AND
SOUTHWEST HAS STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE OVER MOST OF WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.

VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS EXIST IN THE EAST. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER
210 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 10 PM.
NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN RECEIVED BY 330 PM BUT THE
POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL EXIST UNTIL
THE DRY AND STABLE AIR OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA REACHES THE COAST
TONIGHT.
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NCZALL-202100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
410 PM EDT THU MAY 10 1990

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 208 IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 7 PM. HOWEVER...THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT
FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT WHICH INCLUDES THE WINSTON SALEM-HIGH
POINT-GREENSBORO AREA.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 210 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MOST OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

AT 410...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT.
A STRENGTHENING THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS ORANGE COUNTY BETWEEN
CHAPEL HILL AND HILLSBOROUGH. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT
30 MPH AND WILL PROBABLY AFFECT NORTHERN DURHAM COUNTY BEFORE 5 PM.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING FROM NORTHERN PERSON COUNTY INTO
NORTHERN GRANVILLE COUNTY. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN
MOORE COUNTY WAS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHERN HARNETT COUNTY. ALL OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLY WARNINGS.

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NCZ006-102100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
420 PM EDT THU MAY 10 1990

...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...

AT 415 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT NORTH AND WEST OF RALEIGH.
THERE WERE A FEW LIGHT RAINSHOWERS OVER NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY.
OTHERWISE...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT WAS CLEAR OF PRECIPITATION.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN
REPORTED OR RECEIVED THIS AFTERNOON.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE FOR THIS EVENT.

GR

NCZALL-102200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
505 PM EDT THU MAY 10 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMER 208 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR PARTS OF
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 210 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST
OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 10 PM.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE
NORTHEAST PIEDMONT...SANDHILLS...AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN AT 505 PM.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER VANCE...EASTERN WAKE...NORTHEAST HARNETT...AND
SOUTHERN HOKE COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT ABOUT 40 MPH.

NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. HOWEVER...AN AMATEUR RADIkO OPERATOR IN RALEIGH REPORTED VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ON I-40 NEAR LAKE
WHEELER ROAD.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
543 PM EDT THU MAY 10 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 208 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST
PIEDMONT INCLUDING THE RALEIGH-DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL AREA AND FOR THE
SANDHILLS INCLUDING FAYETTEVILLE.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 210 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE COASTAL PLAIN
AND COASTAL AREAS UNTIL 10 PM.

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STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
612 PM EDT THU MAY 10 1990

TIME           EVENT
544 PM EDT     NASH COUNTY...A FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS TREES BLOWN
               ACROSS A ROAD AND POWER LINES IN NORTHERN PART OF
               THE COUNTY.

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