NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SCSV.W 0289August 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg and 1 more, NC
The National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg and 1 more in North Carolina, which was in force until 5:15 p.m. local time on August 28. It was the 289th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued in 2026. North Carolina had 208 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 98 in an average August of 2008-2025 (North Carolina's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 53 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
- Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg and 1 more
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:22 p.m. EDT, August 28, 2026
- Expires
- 5:15 p.m. EDT, August 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGSP SV.W 0289
- 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... Northwestern Cabarrus County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Southeastern Iredell County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... North central Mecklenburg County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Southwestern Rowan County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... * Until 515 PM EDT. * At 422 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of Statesville, or 4 miles southeast of Troutman, moving southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Kannapolis, Mooresville, Davidson, China Grove, Landis, Enochville, Granite Quarry, Faith, Coddle Creek Reservoir, and Mount Ulla.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. 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, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels