Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Raleigh, NC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
NOON EDT SUN JUL 1 1990

THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A COLD FRONT APPROACHING NORTH CAROLINA WILL
TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING IN THE VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS THAT EXISTS ACROSS THE STATE.
THE MOST UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BUT
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND LIGHTNING
COULD ALSO OCCUR IN THE WEST.

TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO 100 DEGREES ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY
IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE. HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD REACH
105 AT SOME PLACES.

PEOPLE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE TAR HEEL STATE THIS
AFTERNOON SHOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
FORECASTS. RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT
LIGHTNING COULD OCCUR. THE FORECAST OF HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO
NEAR 100 SUGGESTS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD ALSO GUARD AGAINST HEAT-RELATED
PROBLEMS.

AT NOON...THE COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE NORTHERN
PORTION OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES AND THE OHIO VALLEY. THE FRONT
WILL CROSS NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. ON MONDAY...A HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A NORTHERLY
WIND FLOW ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. TEMPERATURES MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL
BE 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW THE READINGS EXPECTED TODAY.

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

LGL

NCZ006-007-009-DDHHMM-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
 200 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990

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

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOPE IN SOUTHWEST
VIRIGINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST...ACROSS
THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT.

AS TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON BEGIN TO REACH INTO THE LOW 90S ACROSS
THE REGION...RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING
...HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS COULD OCCUR.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THeREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND ANY POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

RJD

NCZ006-007-009-DDHHMM-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
 300 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990

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

THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY...IN THE LAST
FEW MINUTES A THUNDERSTORM OVER ALLEGHANY COUNTY HAS INTENSIFIED VERY
QUICKLY. MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

OTHER RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT RAIN ARE SPEARDING INTO
SURRY AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING ACROSS THE
NORTHERN HALF OF STOKES AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES...MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 20 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND ANY POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

RJD

NCZ006-007-009-DDHHMM-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
 325 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990

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

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN FOOTHILL COUNTIES ARE STARTING TO MOVE AT ABOUT 25 MPH...AND
AT THE SAME TIME ARE GETTING STRONGER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IS
LOCATED ON THE STOKES AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTY LINE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND
SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLY FROM THIS STORM. MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST WILKES HAS HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE
SMALL HAIL. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN SURRY...YADKIN...FORSYTH AND      MPH.
GUILFORD COUNTIES.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR ANY STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

RJD

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
325 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990

  ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE TAR HEEL STATE...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES WERE POSTED FOR VIRTUALLY ALL OF NORTH-
WETERN NORTH CAROLINA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.  THESE WATCHES WERE IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT.  THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDED ALL OF THE
MOUNTAINS...MOST OF THE FOOTHILLS...AND THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND
COASTAL PLAIN.

NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEEN REPORTED WITHIN THE STATE BY 3 PM...
BUT SEVERAL WARNINGS WERE ISSUED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN TENNESSEE.  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING AT 3:25 PM  NORTH OF THE TRIAD...BTTWEEN
GREENSBORO...WINSTON-SALEM AND THE VIRGINIA STATE LINE.

ANOTHER VERY HEAVY...AND POTENTIALLY SEVERE...THUNDERSTORM WAS
DEVELOPING NEAR THE VIRGINIA STATE LINE NORTH OF AHOSKIE...IN
HERTFORD COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING PRODUCED AS VERY HUMID AND UNSTABLE
AIR IS HEATED BY A HOT SUMMER SUN.  AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND
SEVERAL WEAKER AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE WERE ALSO HELPING TO DE-STABILIZE
THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE STATE.

THE COLD FRONT WAS APPROACHING NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA AT 3 PM. IT SHOULD CROSS MOST OF THE STATE DURING THE NIGHT.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION
...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WATCHES ...AND
POSSIBLY  WARNINGS.

CDM