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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 2, 2026Anderson County, Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2026, 5:17 PM EDT for Anderson County, Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 28 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
Aug 2, 2026, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2026, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 236 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 2026-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2175 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 2026-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
2175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.5

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 10:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania24 min
Aug 2, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk44 min
Aug 2, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln44 min
Aug 2, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell50 min
Aug 2, 4:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg4 hr
Aug 2, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland27 min
Aug 2, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland34 min
Aug 2, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland25 min
Aug 1, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens23 min
Aug 2, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee25 min
Aug 2, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee46 min
Aug 2, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens44 min
Aug 2, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester50 min
Aug 2, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee58 min
Aug 2, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg32 min
Aug 2, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson33 min
Aug 2, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg32 min
Aug 2, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens28 min
Aug 2, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg31 min
Aug 2, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester31 min
Aug 2, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, York24 min
Aug 2, 6:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPSpartanburg3 hr
Aug 2, 2:44 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHabersham, Rabun3 hr
Aug 2, 3:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRabun39 min
Aug 2, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham42 min
Aug 2, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham38 min
Aug 2, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham, Stephens42 min
Aug 2, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPFranklin45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.