Tornado Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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

...TORNADO WATCH TIL 11 PM EDT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH
CAROLINA INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF...ASHE...AVERY...BURKE...BUNCOMBE...
CALDWELL...HENDERSON...JACKSON...MADISON...MCDOWELL...MITCHELL...POLK...
RUTHERFORD...TRANSYLVANIA...WATUAGA AND YANCEY...

AT 530 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE LOCATED IN THE FOOTHILLS FROM 15 TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRYON
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY SEVERE WERE MOVING THROUGH UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS PATH WILL TAKE THESE STORMS INTO SOUTHEAST TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY AND
ALL OF SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY BY 6 PM EDT. PEOPLE ALONG THE NORTH
CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER AND IN HENDERSONVILLE SHOULD SEEK SAFE
SHELTER UNTIL THESE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PASSED.

REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. HEAVY RAIN
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS CAN QUICKLY FLOOD URBAN STREETS...SMALL
STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.
CARPENTER

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

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH AND
SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT...

AT 625 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF GASTON ... CLEVELAND ... AND LINCOLN.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ALSO INDICATED CLUSTERS OF STRONG PERSISTENT
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS ... FROM NORTH OF
SPARTANBURG SOUTH CAROLINA EXTENDING SOUTH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. IF THESE STORMS CONTINUE THEIR PRESENT
MOVEMENT THEY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF
RUTHERFORD AND INTO CLEVELAND COUNTY BY AROUND 700 PM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF THE SPARTANBURG AREA WERE CONTINUING
THEIR NORTHEAST MOVEMENT AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHEROKEE BY AROUND 730 PM EDT.

THESE STORMS HAVE HAD SEVERE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THEM AND WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS ... STRONG GUSTY WINDS ... AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.

EVERYONE IN THESE COUNTIES ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

YOU ARE 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 730 PM EDT.

MATT

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
644 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

640 PM EDT   HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL NEAR
             COOLEY SPRINGS IN NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY
             SOUTH CAROLINA.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
647 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

647 PM EDT   HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED THREE-QUARTER INCH
             HAIL NEAR COOLEY SPRINGS IN NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY
             SOUTH CAROLINA.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
655 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

650 PM EDT   NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED GOLF BALL HAIL FINGERVILLE
             NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY.

JONES

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
710 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

700 PM EDT   GOLFBALL HAIL ASSOCIATED WITH FUNNEL SOUTHEAST OF
             GREENWOOD BY LAW ENFORCEMENT MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST.
             ALSO SHINGLES BLOWN OFF RESTAURANT AND DAMAGED CAR
             IN GREENWOOD.

JONES