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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 6, 20244 counties in South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2024, 11:16 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 38 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
May 6, 2024, 11:16 PM EDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2024, 11:54 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Laurens County, SC

The radar

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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 May 6, 10:31 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 10:31 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 4:51 PM EDT, 6 hours 25 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
451 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008>014-019-101>109-072100-
Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Avery-Alexander-
Iredell-Davie-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Catawba-
Rowan-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-
Henderson-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union NC-
Caldwell Mountains-Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke-
McDowell Mountains-Eastern McDowell-Rutherford Mountains-
Greater Rutherford-Polk Mountains-Eastern Polk-Cherokee-York-
Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Union SC-Chester-Greenwood-
Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains-
Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens-Central Greenville-
Southern Greenville-Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg-
451 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont
North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected through this evening.
The main potential hazards with this activity are cloud-to- ground
lightning, locally heavy rainfall, and gusty winds. A few severe
thunderstorms are possible with damaging wind gusts and small hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 10:38 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 6, 10:43 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 6, 10:49 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 6, 10:53 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 6, 11:06 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 6, 11:09 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery36 min
May 6, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander39 min
May 6, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander, Caldwell, Iredell42 min
May 6, 9:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood33 min
May 6, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery28 min
May 6, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie, Iredell, Rowan57 min
May 6, 9:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPIredell6 hr
May 6, 10:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison32 min
May 6, 10:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPDavie, Iredell, Rowan5 hr
May 6, 10:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPJackson39 min
May 6, 10:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan32 min
May 6, 10:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe41 min
May 6, 11:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson39 min
May 6, 11:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke41 min
May 6, 11:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk44 min
May 7, 12:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland, Gaston39 min
May 7, 7:25 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryGSPJackson, Macon3 hr
May 7, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison35 min
May 7, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk27 min
May 7, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell33 min
May 7, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRutherford30 min
May 7, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell32 min
May 7, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Caldwell39 min
May 7, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGSPAlexander65 min
May 7, 6:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAlexander3 hr
May 7, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Iredell47 min
May 7, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPIredell22 min
May 6, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville35 min
May 6, 8:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville43 min
May 6, 9:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLaurens37 min
May 6, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Laurens55 min
May 6, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens37 min
May 6, 10:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens34 min
May 6, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson45 min
May 6, 10:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson37 min
May 6, 11:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens36 min
May 7, 12:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion51 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.