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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 28, 2020Chester County, York County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2020, 10:19 PM EDT for Chester County, York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 41 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, 2020, 10:19 PM EDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2020, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chester County, SC, York County, SC

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 May 28, 10:10 PM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 10:10 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 4:31 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 7:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 28, 7:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 28, 9:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 28, 9:43 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 28, 9:49 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 28, 10:00 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland30 min
May 28, 10:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland, Lincoln30 min
May 28, 11:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston, Lincoln30 min
May 29, 10:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston46 min
May 29, 11:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg34 min
May 29, 11:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Mecklenburg27 min
May 29, 12:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGaston, Mecklenburg6 hr
May 29, 12:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion32 min
May 29, 12:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion40 min
May 29, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion39 min
May 29, 12:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion32 min
May 29, 1:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPUnion6 hr
May 29, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander30 min
May 29, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell31 min
May 28, 9:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee, Spartanburg23 min
May 28, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg, Union41 min
May 29, 8:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville23 min
May 29, 9:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Laurens, Spartanburg28 min
May 29, 9:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson36 min
May 29, 9:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg32 min
May 29, 9:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson24 min
May 29, 9:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAnderson, Greenville4 hr
May 29, 10:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee, Union26 min
May 29, 10:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee, Union35 min
May 29, 10:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester31 min
May 29, 11:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork35 min
May 29, 11:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork32 min
May 29, 11:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPYork24 min
May 29, 12:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester23 min
May 29, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester27 min
May 29, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville29 min
May 29, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood29 min
May 29, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood31 min
May 29, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPFranklin, Stephens24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.