Tornado Warning 6, NWS Columbia, SC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
1230 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA
AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...THIS INCLUDES ALL
CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA COUNTIES EXCEPT BARNWELL AND ALLENDALE IN
SOUTH CAROLINA...

1220 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST SOUTH
CAROLINA EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO THE MACON AREA. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MPH.

RESIDENTS OF THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY
RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1233 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL REMAINS HIGH FOR SOUTH CAROLINA...
...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 5 PM EST FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 1215 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER SOUTH CAROLINA GENERALLY WEST OF A CHESTERFIELD TO AUGUSTA GA LIN
THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH WHILE THE
LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

IN ADDITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE RACING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA
MACON AT ABOUT 60 MPH AND THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING OF
VERY STRONG WINDS. THESE SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE WIND
DAMAGE..TORNADOES..AND LARGE HAIL REMAIN A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY. OTHER
SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES MAY BE ISSUED FOR THE REST OF SOUTH CAROLINA
LATER TODAY.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...STORM SPOTTERS..AND AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS SHOULD BE ACTIVATED IN THE WATCH AREA.

ALL INTERESTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT AND BE READY TO
TAKE QUICK PROTECTIVE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OF A
WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

PALMER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1233 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL REMAINS HIGH FOR SOUTH CAROLINA...
...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 5 PM EST FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 1215 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER SOUTH CAROLINA GENERALLY WEST OF A CHESTERFIELD TO AUGUSTA GA LINE.
THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH WHILE THE
LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

IN ADDITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE RACING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA NEAR
MACON AT ABOUT 60 MPH AND THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING OF
VERY STRONG WINDS. THESE SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE WIND
DAMAGE..TORNADOES..AND LARGE HAIL REMAIN A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY. OTHER
SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES MAY BE ISSUED FOR THE REST OF SOUTH CAROLINA
LATER TODAY.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...STORM SPOTTERS..AND AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS SHOULD BE ACTIVATED IN THE WATCH AREA.

ALL INTERESTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT AND BE READY TO
TAKE QUICK PROTECTIVE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

PALMER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
539 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR THE MIDLANDS AND
COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 535 PM EST AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF
CAMDEN THROUGH THE COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AREA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF
BAMBERG. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN MANNING AND LAKE CITY...ALSO
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE
SOME FLOODING OF ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD
REDUCE SPEED AND BE PREPARED FOR PONDING OF WATER OF ROADS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN PART OF SOUTH CAROLINA THIS
EVENING. PEOPLE REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER| AND LISTEN TO TV...RADIO
OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ZIMMERMAN