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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 6, 2026Jackson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina; Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT for Jackson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina; Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 60 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 6, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jackson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 11:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg55 min
Aug 6, 12:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Rowan57 min
Aug 6, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion27 min
Aug 6, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion57 min
Aug 6, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Lincoln67 min
Aug 6, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCaldwell44 min
Aug 6, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood30 min
Aug 6, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson33 min
Aug 6, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford32 min
Aug 6, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell29 min
Aug 6, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe28 min
Aug 6, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYancey33 min
Aug 6, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPJackson31 min
Aug 6, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan29 min
Aug 6, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk25 min
Aug 6, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Polk66 min
Aug 6, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba, Davie, Iredell, Rowan31 min
Aug 6, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland24 min
Aug 6, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPJackson29 min
Aug 6, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison26 min
Aug 6, 6:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPPolk, Rutherford5 hr
Aug 6, 6:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln3 hr
Aug 6, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell13 min
Aug 6, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe25 min
Aug 5, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville30 min
Aug 5, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville32 min
Aug 5, 8:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville31 min
Aug 5, 11:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork46 min
Aug 6, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood23 min
Aug 6, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood29 min
Aug 6, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork25 min
Aug 6, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion24 min
Aug 6, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens26 min
Aug 6, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens37 min
Aug 6, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRabun27 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.