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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2026, 8:11 PM EDT for Laurens County, Spartanburg County, Union County, South Carolina. It was in force for 49 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 11, 2026, 8:11 PM EDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2026, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Laurens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 11, 7:22 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 7:22 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 10:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 10:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 10:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 10:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 10:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 11:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 11:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Macon, Swain | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 11:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 13 min |
| Aug 11, 11:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Laurens, Union | 54 min |
| Aug 11, 11:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 28 min |
| Aug 12, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 42 min |
| Aug 12, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 41 min |
| Aug 12, 12:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 36 min |
| Aug 12, 1:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 2:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham | 26 min |
| Aug 12, 2:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Franklin | 45 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.