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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 308, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 12, 2022Mecklenburg County, Union County, North Carolina; York County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2022, 6:12 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, Union County, North Carolina; York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 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
Aug 12, 2022, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2022, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Mecklenburg County, NC, Union County, NC, 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 Aug 12, 5:55 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 5:55 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 4:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
430 PM EDT Fri Aug 12 2022

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062-501-503-505-131100-
Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Graham-
Northern Jackson-Macon-Caldwell Mountains-Burke Mountains-
McDowell Mountains-
430 PM EDT Fri Aug 12 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the mountains and northern
foothills of North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-063>065-068>072-082-
502-504-506>510-SCZ008>014-019-101>109-131100-
Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Alexander-Iredell-
Davie-Catawba-Rowan-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-Henderson-
Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union NC-
Greater Caldwell-Greater Burke-Eastern McDowell-Rutherford Mountains-
Greater Rutherford-Polk Mountains-Eastern Polk-Cherokee-York-
Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Union SC-Chester-Greenwood-
Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains-
Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens-Central Greenville-
Southern Greenville-Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg-
430 PM EDT Fri Aug 12 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, the western
Piedmont of North Carolina, and Upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Isolated thunderstorms are expected across the area this afternoon
and early evening. The main threats will be from cloud-to-ground
lightning and locally heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

PM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 12, 12:43 PM EDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1243 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0442 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MIDLAND                 35.23N 80.50W
08/10/2022                   CABARRUS           NC   PUBLIC

            A REPORT OF TREES DOWN IN THE MIDLAND AREA
            ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

DEO
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 4:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 5:25 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba, Lincoln37 min
Aug 12, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg45 min
Aug 12, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg47 min
Aug 12, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion47 min
Aug 12, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville35 min
Aug 12, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2022Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2022Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2022

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.