NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SCSV.W 0345September 18, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Swain, NC
The National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Swain in North Carolina, which was in force until 9:00 p.m. local time on September 18. It was the 345th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued in 2026. North Carolina had 124 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 32 in an average September of 2008-2025 (North Carolina's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 52 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
- Swain
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:08 p.m. EDT, September 18, 2026
- Expires
- 9:00 p.m. EDT, September 18, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGSP SV.W 0345
- 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... Northeastern Swain County in western North Carolina... * Until 900 PM EDT. * At 807 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast of Gatlinburg, or near Smoky Mountains-Newfound Gap, moving south at 15 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... Smoky Mountains-Deep Creek, Smoky Mountains-Newfound Gap, Smoky Mountains-Oconaluftee, Smoky Mountains-Kuwohi, Cherokee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Smoky Mountains-Balsam Mountain, and B.R. Parkway-Smoky Mountains To Balsam Gap.
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.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.