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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

December 19, 2025Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 19, 2025, 4:55 AM EST for Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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
Dec 19, 2025, 4:55 AM EST (09:55 UTC)
Expired
Dec 19, 2025, 5:24 AM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 18, 11:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGraham, Swain55 min
Dec 19, 12:24 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison66 min
Dec 19, 1:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery, Mitchell50 min
Dec 19, 1:23 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYancey37 min
Dec 19, 3:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg53 min
Dec 19, 4:59 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion46 min
Dec 19, 1:38 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens37 min
Dec 19, 2:25 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson35 min
Dec 19, 2:55 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens65 min
Dec 19, 2:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee, Spartanburg63 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.