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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 10, 2026Cleveland County, Gaston County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2026, 2:37 PM EDT for Cleveland County, Gaston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 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 10, 2026, 2:37 PM EDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2026, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 91 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2026-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 146 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 2026-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1204 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 10, 6:34 AM EDT, 8 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:34 AM EDT, 8 hours 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:14 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
214 PM EDT Fri Jul 10 2026

NCZ068-070-SCZ008-009-109-101845-
Gaston NC-Cleveland NC-York SC-Cherokee SC-Southern Spartanburg SC-
214 PM EDT Fri Jul 10 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND...
SOUTHWESTERN GASTON...NORTHWESTERN YORK...EAST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG
AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

At 214 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles southwest of Shelby to 3 miles
northwest of Gaffney to 9 miles northeast of Spartanburg. Movement
was east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Gaffney, Shelby, Kings Mountain, Cowpens, Blacksburg, Grover,
Patterson Springs, Hickory Grove, Earl, and Smyrna.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3527 8125 3503 8127 3489 8143 3496 8188
      3527 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 279DEG 26KT 3521 8160 3512 8169 3502 8179

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

CAC
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:25 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
225 PM EDT Fri Jul 10 2026

SCZ010>012-019-107-101900-
Laurens SC-Abbeville SC-Anderson SC-Greenwood SC-
Southern Greenville SC-
225 PM EDT Fri Jul 10 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN LAURENS...SOUTH
CENTRAL GREENVILLE...SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON...NORTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE
AND NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

At 225 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 14 miles east of Anderson to 16 miles north of
Abbeville. Movement was east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Laurens, Honea Path, Ware Shoals, Due West, Donalds, Cokesbury,
Hodges, Shoals Junction, Lake Greenwood, and Coronaca.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3459 8204 3422 8210 3433 8258 3457 8244
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 282DEG 25KT 3451 8239 3442 8239

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

CAC
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:32 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
232 PM EDT Fri Jul 10 2026

NCZ056-068>070-504-101900-
Gaston NC-Cleveland NC-Lincoln NC-Greater Burke NC-Catawba NC-
232 PM EDT Fri Jul 10 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CATAWBA...LINCOLN...CENTRAL
CLEVELAND...NORTHERN GASTON AND SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH
300 PM EDT...

At 232 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 10 miles southwest of Hickory to 6 miles west
of Lincolnton to 3 miles northeast of Shelby. Movement was east at 25
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Shelby, Newton, Lincolnton, Gastonia, Mt Holly, Cherryville, Bessemer
City, Dallas, Maiden, and Stanley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3568 8098 3562 8092 3561 8094 3559 8093
      3555 8096 3554 8094 3553 8094 3553 8095
      3550 8096 3546 8094 3543 8096 3539 8095
      3537 8099 3536 8092 3534 8099 3529 8101
      3527 8125 3527 8159 3571 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 283DEG 22KT 3562 8142 3544 8135 3532 8150

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

CAC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 12:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe34 min
Jul 10, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke30 min
Jul 10, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford34 min
Jul 10, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford26 min
Jul 10, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln28 min
Jul 10, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg41 min
Jul 10, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union59 min
Jul 10, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan37 min
Jul 10, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRowan45 min
Jul 10, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Union57 min
Jul 10, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg, Union52 min
Jul 10, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland, Rutherford24 min
Jul 10, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford43 min
Jul 10, 6:51 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPBurke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln26 min
Jul 10, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and 1 more52 min
Jul 10, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan65 min
Jul 10, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens32 min
Jul 10, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson26 min
Jul 10, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg34 min
Jul 10, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee31 min
Jul 10, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville35 min
Jul 10, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, York37 min
Jul 10, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens36 min
Jul 10, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, Union49 min
Jul 10, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork48 min
Jul 10, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson, Oconee, Pickens50 min
Jul 10, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester29 min
Jul 10, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee, Pickens41 min
Jul 10, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg27 min
Jul 10, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens46 min
Jul 10, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Oconee, Pickens36 min
Jul 10, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Laurens, Spartanburg46 min
Jul 10, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville, Pickens31 min
Jul 10, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg38 min
Jul 10, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville27 min
Jul 10, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee31 min
Jul 10, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert36 min
Jul 10, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham, Stephens29 min
Jul 10, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPFranklin, Hart, Stephens36 min
Jul 10, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRabun40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.