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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
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.
- 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
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
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
CACSpecial 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
CACSpecial 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
CACThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 12:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union | 59 min |
| Jul 10, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Union | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 6:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and 1 more | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, York | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, Union | 49 min |
| Jul 10, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Elbert | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham, Stephens | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Franklin, Hart, Stephens | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 40 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.