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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 6, 2022Haywood County, Jackson County, Swain County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2022, 1:50 AM EDT for Haywood County, Jackson County, Swain County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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 6, 2022, 1:50 AM EDT (05:50 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2022, 2:30 AM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Swain County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 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.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 5, 10:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 10:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 5:00 AM EDT, 20 hours 50 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 6, 5:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston	27 min
May 6, 5:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	31 min
May 6, 6:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	25 min
May 6, 9:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham	26 min
May 6, 10:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Macon	32 min
May 6, 12:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	36 min
May 6, 1:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford	43 min
May 6, 1:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	25 min
May 6, 1:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	31 min
May 6, 1:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford	24 min
May 6, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	27 min
May 6, 1:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	29 min
May 6, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	28 min
May 6, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln	29 min
May 6, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	32 min
May 6, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	36 min
May 6, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Macon, Swain	24 min
May 6, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	39 min
May 6, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	35 min
May 6, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	24 min
May 6, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	34 min
May 6, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	23 min
May 6, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood, Madison	46 min
May 6, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	50 min
May 6, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	52 min
May 6, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	46 min
May 6, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford	41 min
May 6, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Swain	52 min
May 6, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	50 min
May 6, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell	33 min
May 6, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rutherford	49 min
May 6, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	32 min
May 6, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	31 min
May 6, 6:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	31 min
May 6, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Mitchell, Yancey	39 min
May 6, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and 1 more	52 min
May 6, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	34 min
May 6, 6:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, McDowell	35 min
May 6, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Rutherford	27 min
May 6, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	39 min
May 6, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell	50 min
May 6, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	33 min
May 6, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	42 min
May 6, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Gaston, Lincoln	25 min
May 6, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	51 min
May 6, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	48 min
May 6, 4:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	35 min
May 6, 12:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	23 min
May 6, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester, York	45 min
May 6, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	32 min
May 6, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Oconee, Pickens	24 min
May 6, 4:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	21 min
May 6, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg	43 min
May 6, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	31 min
May 6, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Chester, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union, York	47 min
May 6, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	26 min
May 6, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	20 min
May 6, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	47 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.