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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 31, 2020Alexander County, Caldwell County, Iredell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2020, 9:05 PM EDT for Alexander County, Caldwell County, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 55 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 31, 2020, 9:05 PM EDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2020, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Alexander County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Iredell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 31, 8:06 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 8:25 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 8:35 PM EDT, 30 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 31, 8:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell	3 hr
Jul 31, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	50 min
Jul 31, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	43 min
Jul 31, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	40 min
Jul 31, 9:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Swain	111 min
Jul 31, 9:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Iredell	43 min
Jul 31, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson, Macon	51 min
Jul 31, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	48 min
Jul 31, 9:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	42 min
Jul 31, 10:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	27 min
Jul 31, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	25 min
Jul 31, 10:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	65 min
Jul 31, 9:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	49 min
Jul 31, 10:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	47 min
Jul 31, 9:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Hart	50 min
Jul 31, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rabun	44 min

Nearby

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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.