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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 387, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 20, 2023Cleveland County, Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 20, 2023, 2:56 PM EDT for Cleveland County, Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 34 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
Oct 20, 2023, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired
Oct 20, 2023, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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
Oct 20, 12:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison, Yancey31 min
Oct 20, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe26 min
Oct 20, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGraham33 min
Oct 20, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery, McDowell, Yancey36 min
Oct 20, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk27 min
Oct 20, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke34 min
Oct 20, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMacon32 min
Oct 20, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood34 min
Oct 20, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk29 min
Oct 20, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell27 min
Oct 20, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba29 min
Oct 20, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland, Polk, Rutherford29 min
Oct 20, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander28 min
Oct 20, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln43 min
Oct 20, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg58 min
Oct 20, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Rowan36 min
Oct 20, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion53 min
Oct 20, 9:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood, Laurens27 min
Oct 20, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee33 min
Oct 20, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson23 min
Oct 20, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson31 min
Oct 20, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg49 min
Oct 20, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens37 min
Oct 20, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville25 min
Oct 20, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, York39 min
Oct 20, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens44 min
Oct 20, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, York42 min
Oct 20, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg, Union, York44 min
Oct 20, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood26 min
Oct 20, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion31 min
Oct 20, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester28 min
Oct 20, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert27 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.