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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 301, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2026, 1:34 PM EDT for Alexander County, Catawba County, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 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
- Sep 5, 2026, 1:34 PM EDT (17:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2026, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Alexander County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Iredell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
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 Sep 5, 11:27 AM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 11:27 AM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Haywood, McDowell, Madison and 2 more | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 43 min |
| Sep 5, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 26 min |
| Sep 5, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell and 2 more | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 37 min |
| Sep 5, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 53 min |
| Sep 5, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell, Rutherford | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 52 min |
| Sep 5, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin, Habersham, Stephens | 51 min |
| Sep 5, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Hart | 29 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.