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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2026, 2:53 PM EDT for Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 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 18, 2026, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2026, 3:34 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Caldwell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2:19 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | GSP | Union | 18 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 12:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 40 min |
| Jul 18, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 23 min |
| Jul 18, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell | 54 min |
| Jul 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 23 min |
| Jul 18, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 7:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 11:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 15 min |
| Jul 18, 12:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 26 min |
| Jul 18, 1:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Stephens | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Hart | 46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.