NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SCSV.W 0081June 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Rutherford, Cherokee and Spartanburg, NC and SC
The National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Rutherford, Cherokee and Spartanburg in North Carolina, South Carolina, which was in force until 7:45 p.m. local time on June 29. It was the 81st severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Greenville-Spartanburg issued in 2026. North Carolina had 111 severe thunderstorm warnings in June 2026, against 164 in an average June of 2008-2025 (North Carolina's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 58 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
- Rutherford, Cherokee and Spartanburg
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:47 p.m. EDT, June 29, 2026
- Expires
- 7:45 p.m. EDT, June 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGSP SV.W 0081
- 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... Southeastern Rutherford County in western North Carolina... Northeastern Spartanburg County in Upstate South Carolina... Northwestern Cherokee County in Upstate South Carolina... * Until 745 PM EDT. * At 647 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of Forest City, or near Chesnee, moving south at 15 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... Boiling Springs SC, Cowpens, Mayo, Chesnee, Cowpens National Battlefield, Harris, Cliffside, and USC Upstate.
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, June 20265,183 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels