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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 28, 2010Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2010, 5:15 PM EDT for Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 49 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 28, 2010, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2010, 6:04 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 28, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 28, 2:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 3:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 4:23 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 4:23 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 4:32 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 4:54 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 5:14 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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Local storm report, May 28, 5:15 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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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 28, 8:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	46 min
May 28, 10:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	33 min
May 28, 11:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	32 min
May 28, 11:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke	43 min
May 28, 12:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more	16 hr
May 28, 1:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson, Macon, Swain	27 min
May 28, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson, Macon, Swain	45 min
May 28, 2:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Jackson	3 hr
May 28, 2:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Macon	2 hr
May 28, 2:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Madison	105 min
May 28, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland	55 min
May 28, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	45 min
May 28, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	52 min
May 28, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	66 min
May 28, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	62 min
May 28, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	63 min
May 28, 4:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Union	111 min
May 28, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	51 min
May 28, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania	46 min
May 28, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	53 min
May 28, 5:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mecklenburg	117 min
May 28, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell, Rutherford	66 min
May 28, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba	52 min
May 28, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell, Rowan	66 min
May 28, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	43 min
May 28, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	61 min
May 28, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	46 min
May 28, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	56 min
May 28, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	67 min
May 28, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	46 min
May 28, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	44 min
May 28, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	41 min
May 28, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens, Spartanburg	58 min
May 28, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	46 min
May 28, 7:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Laurens	57 min
May 28, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Pickens	55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2010 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.