NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SCSV.W 0335September 6, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Chester, Union and York, SC
The National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Chester, Union and York in South Carolina, which was in force until 5:30 p.m. local time on September 6. It was the 335th 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 1.3 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Area
- Chester, Union and York
- State
- South Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:11 p.m. EDT, September 6, 2026
- Expires
- 5:30 p.m. EDT, September 6, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGSP SV.W 0335
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina since 2008Every warning type in South Carolina
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The notice as issued
SVRGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Chester County in Upstate South Carolina... Western York County in Upstate South Carolina... Eastern Union County in Upstate South Carolina... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 411 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 12 miles northwest of York to 4 miles north of Union, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Union, York, Chester, Great Falls, Monarch Mill, Buffalo, Fort Lawn, Lockhart, Carlisle, and Mcconnells.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. 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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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina since 2008501 a year
- Every warning type in South Carolina
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels