Tornado Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
1028 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

...DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK POSSIBLE IN NORTH CAROLINA...
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT OVER MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NORTH
   CAROLINA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 5 PM...

...SEVERE STORMS WATCHES FOR OTHER PORTIONS OF THE STATE MAY FOLLOW IN
   THE NEXT FEW HOURS...

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN TRACKING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING
THE MIDMORNING AND SEVERE DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.
THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING AT 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD
THE NORTHEAST AND COULD AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS LATER TODAY.

ALL TRAINED SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER GROUPS INCLUDING AMATEUR RADIO...
FIRE DEPARTMENTS...SECURITY PERSONNEL...AND OTHER EMERGENCY RESPONSE
TEAMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE TODAY.  ANY REPORTS OF OBSERVED
SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE SHOULD BE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY THROUGH NORMAL
CHANNELS.

PEOPLE SHOULD REVIEW SATETY RULES FOR TORNADOES OR HIGH WIND
THUNDERSTORMS NOW.  RADIO AND TV STATIONS ARE ASKED TO HELP PASS ALONG
SAFETY INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER INFORMATION.

RFGT

NCZ006-007-009-291720-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
1155 AM 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.

STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND AT THE
SAME TIME BECOMING STRONGER WILL PRODUCE UNSABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTIANS...NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST
PIEDMONT. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 1145 AM ONLY MODERATE AND LIGHT RAINSHOWERS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE
AREA AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN...REMEMBER WARNINGS ARE ISSUED TO
INDICATE THAT SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED...OR DETECTED BY
RADAR. WARNINGS TELL YOU THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS IMMINENT...AND THAT
YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
YOURSELF.

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

RJD

NCZALL-291945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
1240 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

...DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL OR EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT OVER MOST OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH
   CAROLINA EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS UNTIL 5 PM...

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS HAS BEEN
   CANCELED...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...FOOTHILLS
   AND MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING...

...STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

AN INITIAL WAVE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAUSED DAMAGE OVER
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN GEORGIA THIS MORNING HAS DECREASED SOMEWHAT AS IT
HAS MOVED EAST NORTHEAST DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS.  ANOTHER LARGE
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN MOVING FROM ALABAMA INTO CENTRAL
GEORGIA AT MIDDAY AND IS LIKELY TO BECOME A MAIN FOCUS FOR SEVERE
WEATHER LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE AIRMASS OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH AND EAST OF A WARM
FRONT NEAR A LINE FROM CHARLOTTE TO RALEIGH TO NORFOLK VIRGINIA IS
BECOMING VERY WARM AND HUMID.  WITH THE APPROACH OF A VIGOROUS LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE GULF STATES...THUNDERSTORMS ARE APT TO
DEVELOP RAPIDLY AND MAY SPAWN HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR TORNADOES.

SOME LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED WITH
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE STATE IN THE LATE M^ORNING
HOURS.  STATEMENTS DESCRIBING THESE EVENTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED EARLIER
FROM THE CAPE HATTERAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

RFG

NCZ006-007-009-291930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
120 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.

AT 100 PM IREDELL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANGEMENT REPORTED MOST SMALL
STREAMS AND PONDS AT FULL BANKS...ALSO A FEW AREAS OF LOW LYING
FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY. A LOCAL TV STATION IN WINSTON-SALEM
REPORTED THREE INCHES (3.00) OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT. THE NATIOANL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
HAS RECORDED 1.97 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT.
AT 115 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES WIDESPREAD LIGHT
TO MODERATE RAINSHOWERS...WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE AREA.

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

RJD

NCZ003>005-014-292130-

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.

NCZ006-007-009-291930-

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