NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SCSV.W 0301September 5, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Alexander, Catawba and Iredell, NC
The National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Alexander, Catawba and Iredell in North Carolina, which was in force until 2:15 p.m. local time on September 5. It was the 301st 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 41 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
- Alexander, Catawba and Iredell
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:34 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 0301
- 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... Central Catawba County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Alexander County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Iredell County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... * Until 215 PM EDT. * At 134 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles south of Ronda to 4 miles southeast of Taylorsville to 7 miles north of Hickory, moving southeast at 20 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... Statesville, Newton, Taylorsville, St. Stephens, Conover, Bethlehem, Troutman, Stony Point, Claremont, and Catawba.
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