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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 25, 2020Gaston County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; York County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2020, 6:27 PM EDT for Gaston County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 35 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 25, 2020, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2020, 7:02 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Gaston County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, York County, SC

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 25, 4:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 4:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 4:54 AM EDT, 13 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 5:56 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 5:58 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:06 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:08 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:14 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:16 PM EDT, 11 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 25, 12:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	25 min
Jul 25, 12:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	23 min
Jul 25, 1:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	15 min
Jul 25, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	25 min
Jul 25, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	19 min
Jul 25, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	15 min
Jul 25, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	35 min
Jul 25, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	32 min
Jul 25, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	24 min
Jul 25, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	35 min
Jul 25, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	29 min
Jul 25, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	41 min
Jul 25, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson	38 min
Jul 25, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	32 min
Jul 25, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	28 min
Jul 25, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	31 min
Jul 25, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	23 min
Jul 25, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	35 min
Jul 25, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	29 min
Jul 25, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell, Yancey	28 min
Jul 25, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	34 min
Jul 25, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	28 min
Jul 25, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	31 min
Jul 25, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	24 min
Jul 25, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	37 min
Jul 25, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	31 min
Jul 25, 6:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mecklenburg	93 min
Jul 25, 11:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	21 min
Jul 25, 12:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	24 min
Jul 25, 12:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	59 min
Jul 25, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	29 min
Jul 25, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	24 min
Jul 25, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	34 min
Jul 25, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	23 min
Jul 25, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	26 min
Jul 25, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	30 min
Jul 25, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	30 min
Jul 25, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	25 min
Jul 25, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	35 min
Jul 25, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens	40 min
Jul 25, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	37 min
Jul 25, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson	50 min
Jul 25, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	30 min
Jul 25, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	25 min
Jul 25, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens	44 min
Jul 25, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	34 min
Jul 25, 6:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Laurens	108 min
Jul 25, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	29 min
Jul 25, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	27 min
Jul 25, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	27 min
Jul 25, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	30 min
Jul 25, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	28 min
Jul 25, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	16 min
Jul 25, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Stephens	34 min
Jul 25, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin	38 min
Jul 25, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert	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.