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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 16, 2022Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2022, 3:09 PM EDT for Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 51 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 16, 2022, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2022, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg33 min
May 16, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk30 min
May 16, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus27 min
May 16, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan26 min
May 16, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan26 min
May 15, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson26 min
May 16, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork27 min
May 16, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee36 min
May 16, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, York39 min
May 16, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork23 min
May 16, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester37 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.