NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SCSV.W 0320September 5, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Greenwood and Laurens, SC
The National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Greenwood and Laurens in South Carolina, which was in force until 5:00 p.m. local time on September 5. It was the 320th 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 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
- Greenwood and Laurens
- State
- South Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:53 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- Expires
- 5:00 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGSP SV.W 0320
- 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... Southwestern Laurens County in Upstate South Carolina... Northern Greenwood County in Upstate South Carolina... * Until 500 PM EDT. * At 352 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest of Laurens, or 5 miles northeast of Ware Shoals, moving southeast at 30 mph. 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... Ware Shoals, Cross Hill, Cokesbury, Waterloo, Hodges, Lake Greenwood State Park, Lake Greenwood, Coronaca, Hickory Tavern, and Greenwood State Park.
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, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels