NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SCSV.W 0348September 18, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Abbeville and Greenwood, SC
The National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Abbeville and Greenwood in South Carolina, which was in force until 10:45 p.m. local time on September 18. It was the 348th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued in 2026. South Carolina had 59 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 19 in an average September of 2008-2025 (South Carolina's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 47 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Area
- Abbeville and Greenwood
- State
- South Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:58 p.m. EDT, September 18, 2026
- Expires
- 10:45 p.m. EDT, September 18, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGSP SV.W 0348
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Abbeville County in Upstate South Carolina... Western Greenwood County in Upstate South Carolina... * Until 1045 PM EDT. * At 958 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles north of Abbeville, or near Due West, moving south at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Abbeville, Ware Shoals, Calhoun Falls, Due West, Donalds, Cokesbury, Hodges, Troy, Shoals Junction, and Promised Land.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Please report damaging winds, hail, or flooding to the National Weather Service by calling toll free, 1, 800, 2 6 7, 8 1 0 1, or by posting on our Facebook page, or post it to X using hashtag nwsgsp. Your message should describe the event and the specific location where it occurred.
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