Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
900 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994

ATTN SELS...

517 PM      CLEVELAND COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO
            NEAR BOILING SPRINGS IN WESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY
            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN REPORTED
            BY COUNTY OFFICIALS AT 815 PM WITH ABOUT ONE
            THIRD OF COUNTY WITHOUT POWER.

815 PM      CLEVELAND COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL
            TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS THROUGHOUT COUNTY BETWEEN
            500 PM AND 700 PM WITH WIDESPREAD TREE AND
            POWER LINE DAMAGE.
600 PM      SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN NORTHWESTERN
            GASTON COUNTY NEAR CHERRYVILLE AREA REPORTED BY
            GASTON COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS.  TREES AND LINES
            DOWN ACROSS TRYON-COURTHOUSE ROAD... SELLERSTOWN
            ROAD AND MILES ROAD.

650 PM      TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED ACROSS UNION ROAD
            IN SOUTHERN GASTON COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF GASTONIA.
            REPORTED BY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

650 PM      6 TO 8 TRAILERS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN TRAILER PARK
            ON DUNCAN ROAD IN SOUTHERN GASTON COUNTY NEAR THE
            SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER.  REPORTED BY COUNTY EMERGENCY
            MANAGEMENT.

702 PM      ROOF BLOWN OFF STOWE BOTANICAL GARDENS ON SOUTH NEW
            HOPE ROAD IN GASTON COUNTY NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA
            BORDER.

703 PM      1 HOUSE COMPLETELY DESTROYED ON SOUTH POINTE ROAD
            IN GASTON COUNTY.  REPORTED BY COUNTY EMERGENCY
            MANAGEMENT.
600  PM      LINCOLN COUNTY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A LADY DIED
             FROM ELECTROCUTION FROM A DOWNED POWER LINE NEAR
             HER HOME NEAR BOGER CITY.

625 PM      1/2 INCH HAIL IN GASTONIA IN GASTON COUNTY REPORTED
            BY SPOTTER.

621 PM       CONFIRMED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN HUNTERSVILLE IN
            NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY REPORTED BY COUNTY
            EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

645 PM      2 TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS AROUND 645 PM IN THE CITY OF
            CHARLOTTE.  BUILDING COLLAPSED ON GARRISON ROAD
            AND HIGHWAY 160.  TOUCHDOWN IN NOBLES ROAD AREA NEAR
            WEST BLVD IN THE BOULEVARD HOMES A PUBLIC HOUSING
            AREA.  1 HOME UNSAFE FOR OCCUPANCY AND 10 OTHERS
            DAMAGED.  3 REPORTED INJURIES AND NO FATALITIES.
            NUMEROUS PEOPLE HOMELESS.  REPORTED BY MECKLENBURG
            COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
GK

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
911 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994

TIME            EVENT

910 PM EST      QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN HIGHLANDS IN SOUTHEASTERN
                MACON COUNTY.  REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
950 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR MUCH OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. THE WATCH
INCLUDES CATAWBA... CLEVELAND...LINCOLN... GASTON... MECKLENBURG...
IREDELL... ROWAN...CABARRUS...UNION... STANLY...ANSON... MONTGOMERY
AND RICHMOND COUNTIES. IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE WATCH INCLUDES CHEROKEE
...YORK... CHESTER AND LANCASTER COUNTIES.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR
CLEVELAND... CATAWBA... LINCOLN... AND GASTON COUNTIES AND POINTS TO
THE WEST.

AT 945 PM WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLOTTE SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHWEST OF
ASHEVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND MAY
AFFECT CLEVELAND... LINCOLN AND CATAWBA COUNTIES BY ABOUT 1130 PM.
ADDITIONAL STORMS OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE UPSTATE.

STAY TUNED TO TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. BE ALERT FOR CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA AND BE READYT FOR QUICK ACTION SHOULD
A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR YOUR COUNTY.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT.

JS

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA
 1002 PM EST SUN MAR 27     1994

 DATE/TIME    EVENT

27/955PM      PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY HAM OPERATOR AT CANDLER IN
              WESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY

HM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1030 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL UPSTATE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 400 AM...

AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHEAST
GEORGIA BACK TO NEAR THE ATLANTA AREA. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINFALL..DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND
50 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS MAY ENTER OCONEE COUNTY BEFORE
1100 PM.

THE ATMOSPHERE STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES AS THESE
STORMS ENTER THE UPSTATE. THIS IS pA VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE
THREAT OF TORNADOES AND FLASH FLOODING. BE READY TO TAKE NECESSARY
ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

LEFKOF/GSP

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
1029 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994

TIME           EVENT

1020 PM EST    PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED EAST OF FLETCHER NEAR HOOPER`S
               CREEK IN HENDERSON COUNTY.  REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.

EJC