NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SCSV.W 0290August 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Henderson, NC
The National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Henderson in North Carolina, which was in force until 5:15 p.m. local time on August 28. It was the 290th 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 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
- Henderson
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:24 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 0290
- 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... Eastern Henderson County in western North Carolina... * Until 515 PM EDT. * At 424 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast of Hendersonville, or 5 miles east of Fletcher, moving southeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Hendersonville, Flat Rock, Mountain Home, Dana, Edneyville, East Flat Rock, Laurel Park, Fletcher, Valley Hill, and Tuxedo.
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, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels