Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
250 PM EDT MON  APR 29 1991

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT FOR ALL 21
COUNTIES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 245 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME HEAVY..ON A BRYSON CITY-FRANKLIN LINE
EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY
TOWARD THE EAST WITH STORM CELLS IN THE LINE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THE STORMS INTO JACKSON AND HAYWOOD COUNTIES
BY 315 PM. HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
CAUSE SOME LOCAL SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING AS THE STORMS PASS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
COLE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
245 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH
AND SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT...

AT 245 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN IN
THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED THOUGHOUT THE AREA WITHIN 75 MILES OF
CHARLOTTE.  AT THAT TIME THE GREATEST CONCENRATION OF THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WAS FROM STATESVILLE NOTHEAST TO LEXINGTON THEN SOUTH
THROUGH THE YADKIN RIVER BASIN OVER LAKES BADIN AND TILLERY TO
PAGELAND AND BENNETTSVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA.

EVERYONE ON THE YADKIN...PEE DEE RIVER FROM THE NORTHERN PORTION OF
HIGH ROCK LAKE SOUTH ACROSS BADIN AND TILLERY LAKES INTO SOUTH
CAROLINA SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS CONTINUED TO BE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO
40 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT MEANS RICHMOND... MONTGOMERY... STANLY AND
ANSON COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA WILL EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH 4 THIS AFTERNOON.

PERIODS OF RAIN HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...
INCREASING GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED
THROUGHOUT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED JUST PRIOR TO 4 PM.  HOWEVER... BE
ALERT IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS ISSUED IN THE MEANTIME.

RK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
350 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH
AND SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT...

... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WELL EAST OF CHARLOTTE WHILE NEW
DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE WELL TO THE WEST OF THE QUEEN CITY...

AT 345 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME WESTERN RICHMOND COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE PEE DEE RIVER SOME 15 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ROCKINGHAM AND NEAR BLEWETT FALLS LAKE.

AT THE SAME TIME HEAVY RAIN IN THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER CENTRAL
RUTHERFORD COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA 12 TO 18 MILES WEST OF SHELBY.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS CONTINUED TO BE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO
40 MPH.

THE SOUTHEASTERN ONE HALF OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND THE NORTHWESTERN
ONE THIRD OF RICHMOND COUNTY SHOULD BRACE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 5
OCLOCK.  AND... EVERYONE IN CLEVELAND COUNTY SHOULD EXPECT
THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 4 AND 5 OCLOCK.

IN ADDITION TO SEVERE WEATHER PERIODS OF RAIN HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS... INCREASING GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY
GLIGHTNING SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED THROUGHOUT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED JUST PRIOR TO 5 PM.  HOWEVER... BE
ALERT IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS ISSUED IN THE MEANTIME.

RK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
345PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL
9PM EDT THIS MONDAY EVENING....

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS NOW ALONG THE WEST PORTION OF OCONEE COUNTY
EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH GEORGIA INTO ALABAMA.

AT 340PM...THE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ALONG THE WEST PORTION OF OCONEE COUNTY.
THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING EASTWARD WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORM CELLS
ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED AROSS NORTH GEORGIA AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH THE
AREA. NICKEL AND DIME SIZE HAIL FELL FROM THE STORMS IN FULTON AND COBB
COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN OFF AND SOME POWER LINES WERE
REPORTEDLY DOWNED.
PEOPLE IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND
POSSIBLE TORNADOES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE QUICKLY TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THIS WEATHER SITU2ATION CONTINUES
TO MOVE INTO AND THROUGH THE UPSTATE AREA.

CURTIS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
356 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TIL 9 PM...

AT 350 PM EDT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR
TRYON...JUST SOUTHWEST OF WAYNESVILLE AND WEST OF LAKE TOXAWAY IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS WILL
PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME
SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE PART OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING
FROM NORTHEAST TENNESSEE SOUTHWEST THROUGH GEORGIA AND ALABAMA. TORNADO
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED WITH THIS SYSTEM IN
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS OCCURRED IN WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA. HOWEVER...TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS MOVING REPEAWTEDLY OVER
THE SAME TERRAIN COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

IF YOUR IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
CARPENTER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
420 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH AND
SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT...

AT 415 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NEWLY
DEVELOPED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY AND
WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CHARLOTTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS ... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION ... PERIODS
OF HEAVY RAIN MAY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
THROUGHO*UT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES ON THESE
STORMS.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 520 PM EDT.

MATT