Tornado Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

SCZ001-002-004-191800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1145 AM EST THU MAR 19 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES UPSTATE UNTIL 400 PM EST...
AT 1130 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN
GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AND JUST MOVING INTO OCONEE COUNTY
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.  SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE A LITTLE
LATER.

HOWEVER...THE MAIN THREAT FOR THE UPSTATE SHOULD OCCUR LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AS THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY IN NORTH ALABAMA AND TENNESEE MOVE
TOWARD THE UPSTATE.  THE ATMOSPHERE WILL HAVE BECOME VERY UNSTABLE BY
THE TIME THE STORMS REACH US.

AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT LARGE HAIL !WILL BE THE BIGGEST THREAT...A
FEW PLACES IN THE UPSTATE COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT HAILSTORM.  THERE
WILL ALSO BE A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS IF THE STORMS MOVE ACROSS.
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

W. JONES/GSP

NCZ007-008-191750-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
1150 AM EST THU MAR 19 1992

... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR MOST OF
WESTERN ... NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS INCLUDES A PORTION OF
NORTH CAROLINAS SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND SOUTH CAROLINAS EASTERN
FOOTHILLS ...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN NORTH
CAROLINAS SOUTHERN PIEDMONT ...

CLEVELAND

AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINAS EASTERN PIEDMONT ...

CHEROKEE

AT 1150 AM EST WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLOTTE SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS TO
THE NORTH OF ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 100 MILES OF
CHARLOTTE ... NO PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1250 PM EST OR EARLIER
SHOULD CONDITIONS WORSEN.

MATT

SCZ001-002-004-191830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1240 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY
   UNTIL 1PM EST AND CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY UNTIL 115PM EST...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES UPSTATE UNTIL 400 PM EST...
AT 1235 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS
NORTH GEORGIA AND MOVING TOWARD THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THESE
STORMS WERE PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO
WAS SHOWN BY THE WEATHER RADAR IN FORSYTH COUNTY IN GEORGIA.

THESE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD ABOUT 35 MILES AN
HOUR AND THEY SHOULD REACH THE WEST PORTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA BY 130PM
EST THIS AFTERNOON.

PERSONS IN THE UPSTATE SHOULD BE ALERT AND READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION FOR SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
CURTIS

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1248 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992

DATE/TIME

1245 PM    1 INCH HAIL COVERING GROUND WHITE HORSE RD/HIGHWAY 81
           CITY OF GREENVILLE.

JONES

NCZ008-007-191950-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
1250 EST THU MAR 19 1992

... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR
MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES.  THIS WATCH
INCLUDES ... BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO CLEVELAND COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA
AND CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

AT 1245 PM EST ... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CHARLOTTE SHOWED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN COVERING MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA.  HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS
INDICATED JUST NORTHWEST OF ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHWEST OF
GREER SOUTH CAROLINA.  ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH.  THIS WAS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF
PRECIPITATION THAT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN OHIO INTO NORTHERN ALABAMA.
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN
FOOTHILLS OF nORTH CAROLINA BEFORE 130 PM AND ACROSS RUTHERFORD INTO
CLEVELAND COUNTY ALSO IN NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE 2 PM.  IN SOUTH
CAROLINA THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SPARTANBURG AND INTO
CHEROKEE COUNTY BEFORE 2 PM.

AT 1250 PM ... NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE.
HOWEVER THE SKYWARN AMATEUR RADIO NETWORK HAD BEEN ACTIVATED.
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ON THE
145.350 MHZ REPEATER.  THE ALTERNATE REPEATER IS 145.170 MHZ.

EYE WITNESS REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.  TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE ... CONTACT YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

THE NEXT STATEMENT ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE ON THIS EVENT ZWILL BE AROUND
250 PM EST.

CLARK