NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SCSV.W 0298September 5, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 5 more, NC
The National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 5 more in North Carolina, which was in force until 1:30 p.m. local time on September 5. It was the 298th 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 48 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
- Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 5 more
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 12:42 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- Expires
- 1:30 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGSP SV.W 0298
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina since 2008Every warning type in North Carolina
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The notice as issued
SVRGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern McDowell County in western North Carolina... Madison County in western North Carolina... Mitchell County in western North Carolina... Southwestern Avery County in western North Carolina... Northeastern Haywood County in western North Carolina... Northern Buncombe County in western North Carolina... Yancey County in western North Carolina... Northwestern Burke County in western North Carolina... * Until 130 PM EDT. * At 1242 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles northeast of Erwin to 13 miles southeast of Greeneville to 3 miles west of Newport, moving south at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Spruce Pine, Burnsville, Marshall, North Asheville, Woodfin, Weaverville, Mars Hill, Hot Springs, Bakersville, and Crossnore.
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 North Carolina since 2008734 a year
- Every warning type in North 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