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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 21, 2019Caldwell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2019, 4:33 PM EDT for Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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 21, 2019, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2019, 5:09 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Caldwell County, NC

The radar

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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 Aug 21, 3:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 3:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 4:06 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 21, 4:09 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:16 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:19 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:22 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 21, 4:28 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:30 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 11:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg30 min
Aug 21, 12:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union57 min
Aug 21, 1:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union74 min
Aug 21, 2:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Union62 min
Aug 21, 3:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion60 min
Aug 21, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson25 min
Aug 21, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe25 min
Aug 21, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson28 min
Aug 21, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson43 min
Aug 21, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson50 min
Aug 21, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell27 min
Aug 21, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk, Rutherford42 min
Aug 21, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSwain33 min
Aug 21, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe28 min
Aug 21, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania34 min
Aug 21, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell30 min
Aug 21, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell27 min
Aug 21, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, McDowell, Rutherford37 min
Aug 21, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe32 min
Aug 21, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke29 min
Aug 21, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe27 min
Aug 21, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell26 min
Aug 21, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMacon25 min
Aug 21, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander37 min
Aug 21, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland32 min
Aug 21, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPJackson30 min
Aug 21, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke23 min
Aug 21, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander29 min
Aug 21, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell26 min
Aug 21, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMacon38 min
Aug 21, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander65 min
Aug 21, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba30 min
Aug 21, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Catawba25 min
Aug 21, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Iredell58 min
Aug 21, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus34 min
Aug 21, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk32 min
Aug 21, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Iredell, Rowan73 min
Aug 21, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus24 min
Aug 21, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus17 min
Aug 21, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPStanly34 min
Aug 20, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood34 min
Aug 20, 10:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood22 min
Aug 20, 10:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenwood13 min
Aug 20, 11:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester35 min
Aug 20, 11:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGreenwood2 hr

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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.