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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 21, 2020Greenville County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2020, 3:50 PM EDT for Greenville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 25 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: Jul 21, 2020, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2020, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Greenville County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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 20, 7:58 PM EDT, 19 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 7:58 PM EDT, 19 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 6:54 PM EDT, 20 hours 56 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
Jul 20, 8:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson	38 min
Jul 21, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	26 min
Jul 21, 1:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	24 min
Jul 21, 1:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson	47 min
Jul 21, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood	38 min
Jul 21, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	31 min
Jul 21, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson	28 min
Jul 21, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Haywood, Jackson	41 min
Jul 21, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson	50 min
Jul 21, 2:52 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	GSP	Cabarrus, Davie, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union	29 hr
Jul 21, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford	31 min
Jul 21, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	37 min
Jul 21, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Yancey	29 min
Jul 21, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	29 min
Jul 21, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey	31 min
Jul 21, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	29 min
Jul 21, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	27 min
Jul 21, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell	51 min
Jul 21, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	28 min
Jul 21, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	50 min
Jul 21, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	24 min
Jul 21, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	49 min
Jul 21, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	30 min
Jul 21, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell, Rowan	38 min
Jul 21, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	32 min
Jul 21, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln	29 min
Jul 21, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	24 min
Jul 21, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	33 min
Jul 21, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus	51 min
Jul 21, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba	38 min
Jul 21, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	29 min
Jul 21, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	30 min
Jul 21, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	27 min
Jul 21, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	31 min
Jul 21, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	41 min
Jul 21, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	36 min
Jul 21, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	30 min
Jul 21, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	31 min
Jul 21, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	36 min
Jul 21, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	26 min
Jul 21, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	24 min
Jul 21, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville, Oconee, Pickens	31 min
Jul 21, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville	35 min
Jul 21, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	31 min
Jul 21, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	34 min
Jul 21, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Pickens	45 min
Jul 21, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	27 min
Jul 21, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	46 min
Jul 21, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens	39 min
Jul 21, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	32 min
Jul 21, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	25 min
Jul 21, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	23 min
Jul 21, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	28 min
Jul 21, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	37 min
Jul 21, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	35 min
Jul 21, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	28 min
Jul 21, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	25 min
Jul 21, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	46 min
Jul 21, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	29 min
Jul 21, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	29 min
Jul 21, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	27 min
Jul 21, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	34 min
Jul 21, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert	35 min
Jul 21, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham	32 min
Jul 21, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin, Hart, Stephens	35 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.