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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 319, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2023, 4:14 PM EDT for Chester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 46 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 15, 2023, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2023, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Chester County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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 Aug 15, 2:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 2:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 11:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 11:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 11:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Macon, Swain | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 12:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 12:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 12:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 12:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Avery | 14 min |
| Aug 15, 1:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 1:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 1:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Graham | 7 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 38 min |
| Aug 15, 2:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 2:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 2:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Graham | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 3:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Graham, Swain | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 28 min |
| Aug 15, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 18 min |
| Aug 15, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 40 min |
| Aug 15, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 31 min |
| Aug 15, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 31 min |
| Aug 15, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 31 min |
| Aug 15, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 38 min |
| Aug 15, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union, York | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester, Union | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, York | 20 min |
| Aug 15, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Franklin | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert | 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.