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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 2, 2025Anderson County, South Carolina; Hart County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2025, 2:38 PM EDT for Anderson County, South Carolina; Hart County, Georgia. 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
May 2, 2025, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2025, 3:15 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 Hart County, GA, Anderson County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2025-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1206 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2025-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1206 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 2, 1:52 PM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 1:52 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 5:29 AM EDT, 9 hours 9 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
529 AM EDT Fri May 2 2025

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056-058-059-
062>065-068>070-501>510-SCZ008-010>013-019-101>109-030930-
Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Avery-Alexander-
Iredell-Davie-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Catawba-
Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-
Henderson-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Caldwell Mountains-
Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke-McDowell Mountains-
Eastern McDowell-Rutherford Mountains-Greater Rutherford-
Polk Mountains-Eastern Polk-Cherokee-Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-
Union-Greenwood-Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains-
Greenville Mountains-Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens-
Central Greenville-Southern Greenville-Northern Spartanburg-
Southern Spartanburg-
529 AM EDT Fri May 2 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, Piedmont
North Carolina, western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms may pose a risk of damaging wind gusts and
large hail, mainly this afternoon and evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Scattered thunderstorms may pose a risk of damaging wind gusts and
large hail again Saturday and Saturday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are requested to forward any reports of large hail,
damaging winds, tornadoes, or flash flooding to our office.

NCZ057-071-072-082-SCZ009-014-030930-
Rowan-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union-York-Chester-
529 AM EDT Fri May 2 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Piedmont North Carolina and
part of South Carolina near the Catawba River.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Scattered thunderstorms may pose a risk of damaging wind gusts and
large hail Saturday and Saturday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

Wimberley

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 2, 2:06 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 2, 2:29 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg27 min
May 2, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGraham23 min
May 2, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGraham, Swain35 min
May 2, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMacon36 min
May 2, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMacon24 min
May 2, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Macon, Swain25 min
May 2, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg, Union59 min
May 2, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion28 min
May 1, 11:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg25 min
May 2, 12:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee30 min
May 2, 12:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee42 min
May 2, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee, Pickens51 min
May 2, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee45 min
May 2, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Pickens41 min
May 2, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee34 min
May 2, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson37 min
May 2, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Oconee, Pickens44 min
May 2, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Laurens43 min
May 2, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson38 min
May 2, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg42 min
May 2, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville38 min
May 2, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson45 min
May 2, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, Spartanburg, Union51 min
May 2, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville, Greenwood65 min
May 2, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion51 min
May 2, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion52 min
May 2, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork41 min
May 2, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, York46 min
May 2, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester23 min
May 2, 12:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham31 min
May 2, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHabersham, Stephens34 min
May 2, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2025Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2025Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025

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.