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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2026, 3:01 PM EDT for Oconee County, South Carolina; Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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 15, 2026, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2026, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Stephens County, GA, Oconee County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 31 min |
| Aug 15, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 28 min |
| Aug 15, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 1:34 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union | 30 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 22 min |
| Aug 15, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 61 min |
| Aug 15, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 53 min |
| Aug 15, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 48 min |
| Aug 15, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Franklin, Stephens | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Hart | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Elbert | 33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.