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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 18, 2006Iredell County, Rowan County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2006, 2:51 PM EDT for Iredell County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2006, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2006, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Iredell County, NC, Rowan County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 4:33 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more	13 hr
May 18, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rowan	19 min
May 18, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell, Mecklenburg	20 min
May 18, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Rowan	48 min
May 18, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland	61 min
May 18, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston	59 min
May 18, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.