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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 17, 2019Abbeville County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2019, 10:01 PM EDT for Abbeville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 29 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 17, 2019, 10:01 PM EDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2019, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Abbeville County, SC

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 17, 8:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 8:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 4:49 AM EDT, 17 hours 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
449 AM EDT Sat Aug 17 2019

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-180900-
Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Avery-Alexander-
Iredell-Davie-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Catawba-
Rowan-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-
Henderson-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union-
Caldwell Mountains-Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke-
McDowell Mountains-Eastern McDowell-Rutherford Mountains-
Greater Rutherford-Polk Mountains-Eastern Polk-Oconee Mountains-
Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains-Greater Oconee-
Greater Pickens-Greater Greenville-Spartanburg-Cherokee-York-
Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Chester-Greenwood-
449 AM EDT Sat Aug 17 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont
North Carolina, western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop
this afternoon across the area, especially near the Blue Ridge
escarpment. Cloud-to-ground lightning, brief heavy downpours, and
locally gusty winds will be the primary threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

ARK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 17, 8:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 17, 9:09 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 9:17 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 17, 9:26 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 17, 9:41 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 9:53 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 1:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania30 min
Aug 18, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson38 min
Aug 18, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania45 min
Aug 18, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba35 min
Aug 18, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson32 min
Aug 18, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander25 min
Aug 18, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba25 min
Aug 18, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell31 min
Aug 18, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander29 min
Aug 18, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland26 min
Aug 18, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion32 min
Aug 18, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell29 min
Aug 18, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell27 min
Aug 18, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion27 min
Aug 18, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk31 min
Aug 18, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell30 min
Aug 18, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland24 min
Aug 18, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland32 min
Aug 18, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston46 min
Aug 17, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion29 min
Aug 17, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood43 min
Aug 17, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville37 min
Aug 18, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee48 min
Aug 18, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion30 min
Aug 18, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee28 min
Aug 18, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester23 min
Aug 18, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens36 min
Aug 18, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee32 min
Aug 18, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg37 min
Aug 18, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens34 min
Aug 18, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester38 min
Aug 18, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee28 min
Aug 18, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville30 min
Aug 18, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg29 min
Aug 18, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg48 min
Aug 18, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork30 min
Aug 18, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson28 min
Aug 18, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, York48 min
Aug 18, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion35 min
Aug 18, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg29 min
Aug 18, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee44 min
Aug 18, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLaurens41 min
Aug 18, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee28 min
Aug 18, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens23 min
Aug 18, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens32 min
Aug 18, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPStephens24 min
Aug 18, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert35 min
Aug 18, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPStephens33 min
Aug 18, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert23 min
Aug 18, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHart27 min

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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.