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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 7, 2026Oconee County, South Carolina; Habersham County, Rabun County, Stephens County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2026, 6:49 PM EDT for Oconee County, South Carolina; Habersham County, Rabun County, Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 7, 2026, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2026, 7:28 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Oconee County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2026-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1525 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 2026-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
1525 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGraham, Swain24 min
Aug 6, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGraham31 min
Aug 7, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania28 min
Aug 7, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison31 min
Aug 7, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery24 min
Aug 7, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania26 min
Aug 7, 5:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMacon113 min
Aug 7, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke36 min
Aug 7, 6:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPJackson, Transylvania2 hr
Aug 7, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell24 min
Aug 7, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell27 min
Aug 6, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson31 min
Aug 7, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood37 min
Aug 7, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham, Stephens33 min
Aug 7, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPFranklin34 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.