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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 357, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2026, 5:15 PM EDT for McDowell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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 21, 2026, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County McDowell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 27 min |
| Sep 21, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 27 min |
| Sep 21, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 34 min |
| Sep 21, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, McDowell, Mitchell | 43 min |
| Sep 21, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 38 min |
| Sep 21, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 45 min |
| Sep 21, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 37 min |
| Sep 21, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 28 min |
| Sep 21, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 29 min |
| Sep 21, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Yancey | 34 min |
| Sep 21, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 44 min |
| Sep 21, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 46 min |
| Sep 21, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Sep 21, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 45 min |
| Sep 21, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 26 min |
| Sep 21, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 51 min |
| Sep 21, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 36 min |
| Sep 21, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 28 min |
| Sep 21, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 48 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.