NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SCSV.W 0302September 5, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Buncombe, Henderson, Polk and 1 more, NC
The National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Buncombe, Henderson, Polk and 1 more in North Carolina, which was in force until 2:15 p.m. local time on September 5. It was the 302nd 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 37 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
- Buncombe, Henderson, Polk and 1 more
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:38 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- Expires
- 2:15 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGSP SV.W 0302
- 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... West central Rutherford County in western North Carolina... Northeastern Henderson County in western North Carolina... Central Polk County in western North Carolina... Southeastern Buncombe County in western North Carolina... * Until 215 PM EDT. * At 138 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles northeast of Hendersonville, or near Bat Cave, 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... Lake Lure, Saluda, Chimney Rock Village, Chimney Rock State Park, Bat Cave, Dana, Mill Spring, Gerton, Edneyville, and Lake Adger.
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