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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 17, 2019Macon County, North Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2019, 4:22 PM EDT for Macon County, North Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 17, 2019, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2019, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Rabun County, GA, Macon County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMacon26 min
May 17, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2019Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.