NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SCSV.W 0082June 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Buncombe, McDowell and Rutherford, NC
The National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Buncombe, McDowell and Rutherford in North Carolina, which was in force until 8:30 p.m. local time on June 29. It was the 82nd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued in 2026. North Carolina had 111 severe thunderstorm warnings in June 2026, against 164 in an average June of 2008-2025 (North Carolina's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.1 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
- Buncombe, McDowell and Rutherford
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:23 p.m. EDT, June 29, 2026
- Expires
- 8:30 p.m. EDT, June 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGSP SV.W 0082
- 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... Southwestern McDowell County in western North Carolina... Northwestern Rutherford County in western North Carolina... East central Buncombe County in western North Carolina... * Until 830 PM EDT. * At 723 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles west of Marion, or 5 miles northeast of Old Fort, moving south at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Old Fort, Shingle Hollow, Sugar Hill, Pleasant Gardens, and Marion.
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, June 20265,183 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels