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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 13, 2026Abbeville County, South Carolina; Elbert County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2026, 5:14 PM EDT for Abbeville County, South Carolina; Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 13, 2026, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2026, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Elbert County, GA, Abbeville County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2026-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2543 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 2026-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
2543 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 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 13, 12:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery, Mitchell, Yancey42 min
Aug 13, 12:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery, Caldwell, Mitchell, Yancey43 min
Aug 13, 2:11 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union18 hr
Aug 13, 1:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson51 min
Aug 13, 1:29 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryGSPCabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union30 hr
Aug 13, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson43 min
Aug 13, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson43 min
Aug 13, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford42 min
Aug 13, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk42 min
Aug 13, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln37 min
Aug 13, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston28 min
Aug 13, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln38 min
Aug 13, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion52 min
Aug 13, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison47 min
Aug 13, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe43 min
Aug 13, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion41 min
Aug 13, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania46 min
Aug 12, 8:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens42 min
Aug 12, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens43 min
Aug 12, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee41 min
Aug 12, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLaurens45 min
Aug 12, 9:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens39 min
Aug 12, 9:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester51 min
Aug 12, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens29 min
Aug 12, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg37 min
Aug 12, 9:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion50 min
Aug 12, 10:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion50 min
Aug 12, 10:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, Union40 min
Aug 12, 10:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester40 min
Aug 12, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg50 min
Aug 12, 11:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion39 min
Aug 12, 11:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPSpartanburg119 min
Aug 12, 11:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg43 min
Aug 12, 11:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPUnion111 min
Aug 12, 11:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPSpartanburg, Union2 hr
Aug 13, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens51 min
Aug 13, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens25 min
Aug 13, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson45 min
Aug 13, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville35 min
Aug 13, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Laurens33 min
Aug 13, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson47 min
Aug 13, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork34 min
Aug 13, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork47 min
Aug 13, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens41 min
Aug 13, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork35 min
Aug 13, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens38 min
Aug 13, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville29 min
Aug 13, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood27 min
Aug 13, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRabun45 min
Aug 13, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert39 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.