NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SCSV.W 0066June 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Chester and York, SC
The National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Chester and York in South Carolina, which was in force until 4:45 p.m. local time on June 28. It was the 66th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued in 2026. South Carolina had 65 severe thunderstorm warnings in June 2026, against 129 in an average June of 2008-2025 (South 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
- Chester and York
- State
- South Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:39 p.m. EDT, June 28, 2026
- Expires
- 4:45 p.m. EDT, June 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGSP SV.W 0066
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina since 2008Every warning type in South Carolina
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The notice as issued
SVRGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Chester County in Upstate South Carolina... Southeastern York County in Upstate South Carolina... * Until 445 PM EDT. * At 338 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northeast of Chester, or 4 miles north of Richburg, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Chester, Lesslie, Great Falls, Fort Lawn, Richburg, Lowrys, Chester State Park, Catawba, Edgemoor, and Mcconnells.
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 South Carolina since 2008501 a year
- Every warning type in South 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