Tornado Warning 8, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
456 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1992

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE
ENTIRE AREA...

AT 450 PM HEAVY RAIN OVER CHARLOTTE AND MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF
MECKLENBURG COUNTY WAS THE GREATEST PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
POOLING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS WAS IMPEDING TRAFFIC DURING THE
BUSY RUSH HOUR PERIOD.  MANY COMMUTERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PULL OFF
THE STREETS DUE TO THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT MUCH OF MECKLENBURG
COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM OR LATER.  EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO CONSIDER NOT
ONLY POOLING OF WATER BUT THE PROBLEMS OF HYDROPLANING DURING TRAVEL.

AT 450 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN FROM NORTHEASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY NEAR HUNTERSVILLE SOUTTHROUGH CHARLOTTE AND MINT HILL AND THEN TO WAXHALL IN UNION COUNTY.
THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ON SOUTHWEST ACROSS LANCASTER IN
SOUTH CAROLINA AND ON INTO YORK COUNTY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA ARE
BEING MONITORED VERY CLOSELY FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT. A WARNING
MAY BE ISSUED FOR THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS UNION
COUNTY.  EVERYONE IN UNION COUNTY AND THOSE HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH 6 THIS
AFTERNOON.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
512 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1992

PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM WHICH IS MOVING
ACROSS SPARTANBURG COUNTY. THE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE FIVE FORKS
AREA OF GREENVILLE COUNTY AT 445 PM AND AGAIN BY AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS IN THE REIDVILLE AREA AT 504 PM. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
WAS BEING OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM...LIGHTNING HAS ALREA0DY CAUSED
TREMENDOUS PROBLEMS IN THE UPSTATE TODAY.

THIS STORM HAS MAINTAINED INTENSITY WITH SOME INDICATION OF
STRENGTHENING.  IT WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY AS IT MOVES ACROSS
SPARTANBURG AND INTO CHEROKEE COUNTY.

JONES

DELAYED STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
540 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1992

TIME

1250 PM  POSSIBLE SMALL TORNADO TOWN OF UNION.  TREES DOWN...MOBILE HOME
DAMAGED...AWNING BLOWN 4B00 YARDS...AND A ROOF WAS REPORTED TO BE BLOWN
OFF.  UNCLEAR AT THIS TIME EXTENT OF DAMAGE AND PATH.  ROTATION WAS
OBSERVED BY SEVERAL WITNESSES AS THE CLOUD DESCENDED.  DAMAGE AREA WILL
BE CHECKED OUT FRIDAY.

W. JONES/GSP

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
545 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1992

RECEIVED REPORT FROM GEOLOGICAL SURVEY EMPLOYEE OF 3.50 INCHES OF
RAIN IN CHARLOTTE TODAY BETWEEN 0800 AND 1715 EDT. NO STREAM FLOW
PROBLEMS... EVERYTHING RUNNING DOWNSTREAM FINE ONCE THE WATER
REACHES THAT POINT /THE STREAM/.  /CHARLOTTE IS IN MECKLENBURG
COUNTY./

RK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
600 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 7 PM...

AT 550 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
SCATTERED THROUGHOUT WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. A LINE OF STRONG STORMS
EXTENDED FROM NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTH
CAROLINA. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT
AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS
MOVING INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF NORTH CAROLINA.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH
THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN MCDOWELL COUNTY REPORTED THAT LIGHTNING HAD
KNOCKED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
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A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BUNCOMBE...HENDERSON...
AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE
FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 700 PM.

ALL PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL
TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

EJC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
605 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE AREA
UNTIL 7 THIS EVENING...

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR UNION COUNTY OF
NORTH CAROLINA HAS NOW EXPIRED.  NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED
THROUGH 555 PM ALTHOUGH SMALL HAIL OCCURRED NEAR WAXHAW IN THE
SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.  RATHER BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAIN HAVE ALSO OCCURRED THROUGHOUT UNION COUNTY.

AT 555 THIS AFTERNOON RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN IN A NORTH/SOUTH LINE OVER THE EASTERN ONE HALF OF UNION COUNTY.
LIGHTER RAIN AND SMALLER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ON TO THE NORTH IN
CABARRUS AND ROWAN COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN
WERE ALSO NOTED OVER LANCASTER AND CHESTERFIELD COUNTIES OF SOUTH
CAROLINA BOTH OF WHICH ARE SOUTHEAST OF CHARLOTTE.

TAKING A LOOK TO THE WEST WE ALSO SEE ANOTHER RATHER EXTENSIVE BAND OF
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA.  RADAR
SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SOUTHWESTERN CLEVELAND
COUNTY NORTH THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE COUNTY AND INTO BURKE  COUNTY.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SHELBY... LAWNDALE... VALDESE AND
ALL POINTS IN BETWEEN BY 615.  IF THE STORMS PERSIST AND IT APPEARS
THEY WILL... THEY WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN LINCOLN AND CATAWBA COUNTIES
BETWEEN 630 AND 645.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORM CONTINUES TO BE TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT
AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR.

EVERYONE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER... HEAVY RAIN..
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH EVERY PASSING STORM THIS EVENING.

AN UPDATED STATEMENT IS PLAN2NED FOR 7PM. DO NOT USE THIS ONE
BEYOND THAT TIME.

RK