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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 2, 2024Cabarrus County, Rowan County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2024, 9:19 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 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 2, 2024, 9:19 PM EDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2024, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Rowan County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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 Aug 2, 7:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 7:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 7:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 7:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 7:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 8:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 8:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 8:46 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 9:13 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell30 min
Aug 2, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln29 min
Aug 2, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus29 min
Aug 2, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Rowan32 min
Aug 3, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPStanly20 min
Aug 3, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell36 min
Aug 3, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion25 min
Aug 3, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg39 min
Aug 3, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg45 min
Aug 3, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan10 min
Aug 3, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan44 min
Aug 3, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan36 min
Aug 3, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell33 min
Aug 3, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMcDowell, Rutherford55 min
Aug 3, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson52 min
Aug 3, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander50 min
Aug 3, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Iredell52 min
Aug 3, 5:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBuncombe, Henderson3 hr
Aug 3, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland33 min
Aug 3, 6:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAlexander, Iredell3 hr
Aug 3, 6:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPAlexander, Iredell4 hr
Aug 3, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk34 min
Aug 3, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood45 min
Aug 3, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester42 min
Aug 3, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester42 min
Aug 3, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenwood, Laurens39 min
Aug 3, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, Union41 min
Aug 3, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion43 min
Aug 3, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork37 min
Aug 3, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion38 min
Aug 3, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork45 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.