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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 4, 2022Cleveland County, Gaston County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, York County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2022, 5:25 PM EDT for Cleveland County, Gaston County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, York 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: May 4, 2022, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2022, 5:50 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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

The radar

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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 May 4, 2:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 4:41 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 4:30 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 4:43 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 4:45 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 5:04 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 5:13 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 5:15 PM EDT, 10 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
May 3, 11:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham	29 min
May 4, 12:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Macon	47 min
May 4, 12:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	15 min
May 4, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	24 min
May 4, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	28 min
May 4, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	30 min
May 4, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	29 min
May 4, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	32 min
May 4, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	31 min
May 4, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	27 min
May 4, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Iredell, Rowan	50 min
May 4, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln	47 min
May 4, 4:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Lincoln	2 hr
May 4, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan	49 min
May 4, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston	49 min
May 4, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	32 min
May 4, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	39 min
May 4, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	33 min
May 4, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	44 min
May 4, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	33 min
May 4, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	31 min
May 4, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg, Union	41 min
May 4, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	51 min
May 4, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	35 min
May 4, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	30 min
May 4, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin, Hart	38 min
May 4, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Stephens	25 min
May 4, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin	33 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.