NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SCSV.W 0326September 6, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford and 2 more, NC and SC
The National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford and 2 more in North Carolina, South Carolina, which was in force until 3:30 p.m. local time on September 6. It was the 326th 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 51 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
- Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford and 2 more
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:39 p.m. EDT, September 6, 2026
- Expires
- 3:30 p.m. EDT, September 6, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGSP SV.W 0326
- 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... Southern Rutherford County in western North Carolina... Polk County in western North Carolina... Western Cleveland County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Northwestern Spartanburg County in Upstate South Carolina... Northwestern Cherokee County in Upstate South Carolina... * Until 330 PM EDT. * At 239 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 15 miles south of Morganton to 5 miles northeast of Rutherfordton to 16 miles north of Columbus, 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... Shelby, Forest City, Rutherfordton, Columbus, Spindale, Boiling Springs NC, Landrum, Tryon, Chesnee, and Belwood.
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