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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 29, 20234 counties in North Carolina; Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2023, 6:42 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina; Greenville County, Pickens 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
Jul 29, 2023, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2023, 7:30 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 Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Polk County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 29, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

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 Jul 29, 6:09 PM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 6:09 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 3:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:09 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 29, 6:25 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 29, 6:26 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:32 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGraham38 min
Jul 29, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood27 min
Jul 29, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood, Madison51 min
Jul 29, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Buncombe, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey51 min
Jul 29, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Macon48 min
Jul 29, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania47 min
Jul 29, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson36 min
Jul 29, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, McDowell and 3 more49 min
Jul 29, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Polk42 min
Jul 29, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Polk49 min
Jul 29, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln and 2 more40 min
Jul 29, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk47 min
Jul 29, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Caldwell, Iredell42 min
Jul 29, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk, Rutherford45 min
Jul 29, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie, Iredell, Rowan52 min
Jul 29, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and 2 more41 min
Jul 29, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Rutherford43 min
Jul 29, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee28 min
Jul 29, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee26 min
Jul 29, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Pickens, Spartanburg49 min
Jul 29, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson27 min
Jul 29, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union47 min
Jul 28, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert44 min
Jul 28, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert23 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.