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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 6, 2020, 12:02 PM EST for 4 counties in North Carolina; York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 43 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
- Feb 6, 2020, 12:02 PM EST (17:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2020, 12:45 PM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Union County, NC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 10:12 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
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 Feb 6, 10:38 AM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 10:38 AM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 6, 11:38 AM EST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1138 AM EST THU FEB 6 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1106 AM TORNADO CROWDERS 35.19N 81.21W
02/06/2020 GASTON NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG PINNACLE ROAD AND UNITY
CHURCH ROAD. LIKELY TORNADO.
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SWILKINSLocal storm report, Feb 6, 11:43 AM EST, 19 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1148 AM EST THU FEB 6 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1147 AM FLASH FLOOD SHELBY 35.29N 81.54W
02/06/2020 CLEVELAND NC TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED IN DOWNTOWN SHELBY.
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 11:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 47 min |
| Feb 6, 12:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe, Mitchell, Yancey | 25 min |
| Feb 6, 3:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 8 hr |
| Feb 6, 5:52 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 10 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson | 10 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:27 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 10 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 9 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 7:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 12 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 44 min |
| Feb 6, 9:21 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 72 min |
| Feb 6, 9:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 10:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Feb 6, 10:09 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Swain | 22 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:15 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Swain | 14 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:27 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston and 4 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:32 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 11 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 10 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 47 min |
| Feb 6, 10:45 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Madison | 46 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:45 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 48 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:45 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 32 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 59 min |
| Feb 6, 10:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 43 min |
| Feb 6, 10:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 10:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 10 hr |
| Feb 6, 11:04 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg | 41 min |
| Feb 6, 11:22 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg | 38 min |
| Feb 6, 11:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| Feb 6, 11:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 32 min |
| Feb 6, 11:51 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Cleveland | 12 hr |
| Feb 6, 11:58 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Haywood | 4 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 33 min |
| Feb 6, 12:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 9 min |
| Feb 6, 1:23 PM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 32 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Madison | 44 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:54 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:03 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston | 7 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:18 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 19 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:32 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 4 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:54 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:20 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:30 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:48 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 18 hr |
| Feb 6, 5:02 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Rowan | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 5:23 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 37 min |
| Feb 6, 5:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 14 hr |
| Feb 6, 5:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 5:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville | 13 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 12 hr |
| Feb 6, 8:27 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Anderson | 101 min |
| Feb 6, 9:15 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 50 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:03 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 9 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:24 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 20 min |
| Feb 6, 10:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson | 17 min |
| Feb 6, 10:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Laurens | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 11:04 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Pickens | 12 hr |
| Feb 6, 11:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 37 min |
| Feb 6, 11:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 11:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Laurens | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 11:43 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 11:45 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 11:51 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Cherokee, York | 12 hr |
| Feb 6, 11:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Laurens | 31 min |
| Feb 6, 12:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 12:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens | 46 min |
| Feb 6, 1:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 51 min |
| Feb 6, 1:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 8 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 37 min |
| Feb 6, 2:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 40 min |
| Feb 6, 3:10 PM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville | 48 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:11 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:18 PM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee, York | 37 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 5:30 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 11 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Franklin | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 8:36 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Franklin, Stephens | 7 hr |
| Feb 6, 8:41 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Hart | 86 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.