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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 16, 2024Cleveland County, Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2024, 8:13 PM EDT for Cleveland County, Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 62 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 16, 2024, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2024, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 16, 7:32 PM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 7:32 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 4:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 16, 7:18 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 16, 7:20 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 7:32 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 7:47 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 7:50 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:07 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 16, 8:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	53 min
Aug 16, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston and 1 more	67 min
Aug 16, 9:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	46 min
Aug 16, 9:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	52 min
Aug 16, 9:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	29 min
Aug 17, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	26 min
Aug 17, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	34 min
Aug 17, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	31 min
Aug 17, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Iredell	45 min
Aug 17, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk	41 min
Aug 17, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	30 min
Aug 17, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	45 min
Aug 17, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Swain	40 min
Aug 17, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	34 min
Aug 17, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	38 min
Aug 17, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe	39 min
Aug 16, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	33 min
Aug 16, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	44 min
Aug 16, 9:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	42 min
Aug 16, 9:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson, Laurens	46 min
Aug 17, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	26 min
Aug 17, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	46 min
Aug 17, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	61 min
Aug 17, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Oconee	53 min
Aug 17, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, Union	65 min
Aug 17, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Laurens	61 min
Aug 16, 9:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert	50 min
Aug 17, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Hart	45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2024 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2024 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2024

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.