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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 9, 2025Caldwell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2025, 2:54 PM EDT for Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 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
Jul 9, 2025, 2:54 PM EDT (18:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2025, 3:20 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Caldwell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2025-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1273 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2025-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1273 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania26 min
Jul 9, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander26 min
Jul 9, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell33 min
Jul 9, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion29 min
Jul 9, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion26 min
Jul 9, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion31 min
Jul 9, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell30 min
Jul 9, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell37 min
Jul 9, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg35 min
Jul 9, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Iredell39 min
Jul 9, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba, Davie, Iredell, Rowan28 min
Jul 9, 7:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCatawba, Iredell6 hr
Jul 9, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln37 min
Jul 9, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland32 min
Jul 9, 7:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPDavie, Iredell, Rowan5 hr
Jul 9, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Lincoln39 min
Jul 9, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester24 min
Jul 9, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester38 min
Jul 9, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork34 min
Jul 9, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, York25 min
Jul 9, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork29 min
Jul 9, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester34 min
Jul 9, 6:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPChester3 hr
Jul 9, 6:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPYork3 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.