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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 282, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 1, 2013McDowell County, Rutherford County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2013, 1:22 PM EDT for McDowell County, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 68 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: Aug 1, 2013, 1:22 PM EDT (17:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2013, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties McDowell County, NC, Rutherford County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 31, 4:16 PM EDT, 21 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 4:16 PM EDT, 21 hours 6 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
Aug 1, 1:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	58 min
Aug 1, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	51 min
Aug 1, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln	50 min
Aug 1, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	60 min
Aug 1, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	48 min
Aug 1, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson	60 min
Aug 1, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	47 min
Aug 1, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	48 min
Aug 1, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	54 min
Aug 1, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	36 min
Aug 1, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	50 min
Aug 1, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	52 min
Aug 1, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	24 min
Aug 1, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell, Rowan	52 min
Jul 31, 11:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	2 hr
Aug 1, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	64 min
Aug 1, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	45 min
Aug 1, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	42 min
Aug 1, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	50 min
Aug 1, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	47 min
Aug 1, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	58 min
Aug 1, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	50 min
Aug 1, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	43 min
Aug 1, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville	66 min
Aug 1, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	40 min
Aug 1, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union	61 min
Aug 1, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	41 min
Aug 1, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	42 min
Aug 1, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	44 min
Aug 1, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Hart	41 min
Aug 1, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert	51 min
Aug 1, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin	51 min
Aug 1, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert	51 min

Nearby

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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.