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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2025, 6:15 AM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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 17, 2025, 6:15 AM EDT (10:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2025, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 4:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
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 17, 5:35 AM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 5:35 AM EDT, 40 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 17, 2:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Yancey | 64 min |
| May 17, 3:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 60 min |
| May 17, 3:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 42 min |
| May 17, 3:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Haywood, McDowell, Mitchell and 1 more | 48 min |
| May 17, 3:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 68 min |
| May 17, 4:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell | 28 min |
| May 17, 4:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 44 min |
| May 17, 4:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke, Catawba, McDowell, Rutherford | 37 min |
| May 17, 4:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 44 min |
| May 17, 4:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Polk | 25 min |
| May 17, 4:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania | 35 min |
| May 17, 4:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania | 34 min |
| May 17, 4:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 50 min |
| May 17, 4:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 31 min |
| May 17, 5:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Transylvania | 39 min |
| May 17, 5:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 24 min |
| May 17, 5:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 32 min |
| May 17, 5:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 26 min |
| May 17, 5:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 39 min |
| May 17, 6:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 44 min |
| May 17, 6:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 22 min |
| May 17, 7:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 29 min |
| May 17, 9:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 29 min |
| May 17, 6:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 37 min |
| May 17, 7:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 25 min |
| May 17, 8:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 29 min |
| May 17, 8:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Union | 44 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.