Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Raleigh, NC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
234 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAS NOW TAKEN SHAPE
OVER THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT AND IS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 45 MILES AN
HOUR. WINDS HAVE GUSTED TO 60 MPH AS THE LINE OF STORMS PASSED
CHARLOTTE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.

AT THE CURRENT RATE OF MOVEMENT...THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH
THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS REGIONS OF THE STATE...INCLUDING
THE TRIANGLE FAYETTEVILLE AND SOUTHERN PINES AREAS...BY 4 PM.

THESE AREAS ARE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON.  THIS
IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.  STAY TUNED T*O
LOCAL RADIO...TV...OR WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL WATCHES OR
WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
300 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 500 PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS
AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...NORTHERN FOOTHILLS
AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLONA.

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUW ACROSS THE AREA...THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF PEA
SIZE HAIL IN THE GRAHAM AREA. CONTINUOUS VIVID LIGHTNING IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF ROWAN COUNTY AROUND KANNAPOLIS. WITH WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL COVERING MOST OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...MANY ROADS ACROSS THE
REGION EITHER HAVE PONDING ON THE ROADWAY...SMALL STREAMS THAT RUN
ALONGSIDE THE ROAD OVERFLOWING THERE BANKS...OR DRAINAGE DITCHES
OVERFLOWING. PERSONS TRAVELING THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD USE EXTREME
CAUTION AND COMMON SENSE. NEVER T\RY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM THATS
OVER A ROADWAY...OR TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED LOW SPOT OR
DIP IN THE ROAD.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS...FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND ANY POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

RJD

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
405 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

TIME           EVENT
330 - 350 PM   CHATHAM COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTS WIND DAMAGAE
EST            NEAR SILER CITY. MOBILE HOME BLOWN OVER AND TREES
               DAMAGED IN NORTHERN PART OF COUNTY

350 PM EST     AMATEUR RADIO REPORTS ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE IN HIGH FALLS
               IN NORTHERN MOORE COUNTY.

LGL

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
414 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

TIME           EVENT
405 PM EST     TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON COLON ROAD JUST NORTH
               OF SANFORD IN LEE COUNTY REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
               OPERATORS.

RFG

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
444 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

TIME           EVENT
430 PM EST     TORNADO REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC VIA THE SHERIFFS
               OFFICE IN NORTHAMPTONG COUNTY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR
               PLEASANT GROVE JUST OUTSIDE OF JACKSON.

422 PM EST     TORNADO REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC VIA THE SHERIFFS
               OFFICE IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR
               PENDLETON.

RFG

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
500 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUED THIS EVENING...

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT INCLUDED ALL COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN
FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS BENN CANCELLED.
THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT CROSSED THE AREA HAS MOVED EAST AND
NO LONGER IS ANY THREAT. A FEW SHOWERS AND POSSIBBLE AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM ARE EXPECTED LTHROUGH THE EVENING.

THIS IS THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS STORM SITUATION.

SAS