NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SCSV.W 0358September 21, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Greenville and Pickens, SC
The National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Greenville and Pickens in South Carolina, which was in force until 6:45 p.m. local time on September 21. It was the 358th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued in 2026. South Carolina had 59 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 19 in an average September of 2008-2025 (South 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
- Greenville and Pickens
- State
- South Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:54 p.m. EDT, September 21, 2026
- Expires
- 6:45 p.m. EDT, September 21, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGSP SV.W 0358
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Greenville County in Upstate South Carolina... East central Pickens County in Upstate South Carolina... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 554 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Greenville Downtown, or near West Greenville, and is nearly stationary. 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... Greenville Downtown, Easley, Greenville Eastside, West Greenville, Berea, Welcome, Cherrydale Point, Furman University, and Dacusville.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Brief damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines over small areas. A brief period of large hail is also possible. Seek shelter inside an interior room. 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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