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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 288, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2026, 4:17 PM EDT for Anderson County, Greenville County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 58 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 28, 2026, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2026, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Laurens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 10:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 56 min |
| Aug 28, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 44 min |
| Aug 28, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Rutherford | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Aug 28, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 63 min |
| Aug 28, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 38 min |
| Aug 28, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 37 min |
| Aug 28, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Aug 28, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 44 min |
| Aug 28, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 53 min |
| Aug 28, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 39 min |
| Aug 28, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 64 min |
| Aug 28, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 57 min |
| Aug 28, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 58 min |
| Aug 28, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 62 min |
| Aug 28, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 49 min |
| Aug 28, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 38 min |
| Aug 28, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville, Laurens | 52 min |
| Aug 28, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union, York | 64 min |
| Aug 28, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 40 min |
| Aug 28, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 64 min |
| Aug 28, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 52 min |
| Aug 28, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham | 40 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.