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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 6, 2024Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2024, 4:31 PM EDT for Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 6, 2024, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2024, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Greenville County, SC, Pickens 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 May 6, 3:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 3:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 3:52 AM EDT, 12 hours 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 6, 2:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 6, 3:32 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 6, 4:13 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 4:21 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 8:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	52 min
May 5, 9:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Transylvania	2 hr
May 6, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Transylvania	41 min
May 5, 10:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	38 min
May 6, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	36 min
May 6, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	47 min
May 6, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	43 min
May 6, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville, Oconee, Pickens	47 min
May 6, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Oconee	53 min
May 6, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Pickens	51 min
May 6, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg	67 min
May 6, 5:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Pickens	6 hr
May 6, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville	32 min
May 6, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	30 min
May 6, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens, Spartanburg, Union	62 min
May 6, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	30 min
May 6, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	31 min
May 6, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Pickens	31 min
May 6, 7:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	43 min
May 5, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert	41 min
May 6, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin	33 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.