Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Raleigh, NC

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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

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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

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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

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
425 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 1990

TIME             EVENT
423 PM EDT       GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND IN PITTSBORO
                 ...CHATHAM' COUNTY...NORTH CAROLINA. REPORTED BY
                 CHATHAM COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

LGL

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

     ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES FOR THE ENTIRE STATE...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES WERE POSTED FOR ALL OF NORTH CAROLINA
THIS AFTERNOON.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED OR INDICATED BY
WEATHER RADAR SINCE 330 PM OVER SEVERAL COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

WARNINGS WERE POSTED BETWEEN 330 PM AND 425 PM FOR GASTON...NORTHERN
RANDOLPH...SOUTHERN GUILFORD...AND CHATHAM COUNTIES IN THE PIEDMONT
... AFFECTING GASTONIA...HIGH POINT...CHARLOTTE...AND PITTSBORO...
AND FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY IN THE EXTREME WESTERN TIP OF THE STATE.

MANY OF THESE LOCALITIES REPORTED MARBLE-TO-DIME-SIZED HAIL.  GOLFBALL-
SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR PITTSBORO IN CHATHAM COUNTY AT 420 PM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES WERE IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT FOR
ROUGHLY THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE...AND UNTUL 11 PM FOR THE
SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE STATE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO REPORTED AT 420 PM OVER NORTHAMPTON
COONTY IN THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN...PRODUCING DIME-SIZED HAIL.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THERE IS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ANYWHERE ACROSS
THE STATE DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AND FOR THESE STORMS TO
BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE ARE URGED TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISIO/N
...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WATCHES ...AND
POSSIBLY  WARNINGS.

CDM