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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

September 4, 2025Cleveland County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2025, 8:32 PM EDT for Cleveland County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 37 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
Sep 4, 2025, 8:32 PM EDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2025, 9:09 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 4, 8:17 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston, Mecklenburg55 min
Sep 4, 10:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk40 min
Sep 5, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk25 min
Sep 5, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell32 min
Sep 5, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford37 min
Sep 5, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland36 min
Sep 4, 10:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee37 min
Sep 5, 12:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion45 min
Sep 5, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee45 min
Sep 5, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee38 min
Sep 5, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee46 min
Sep 5, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee42 min
Sep 5, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee36 min
Sep 4, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRabun43 min
Sep 4, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRabun47 min
Sep 5, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham44 min
Sep 5, 6:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHabersham110 min

Nearby

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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.