Severe Thunderstorm Warning South Carolina | Effective 03/16/2026 02:27

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 5:27AM EDT until March 16 at 6:15AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
March 16, 2026 - 2:27am
Expires: 
March 16, 2026 - 3:15am
Description: 
SVRGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Spartanburg County in Upstate South Carolina... Western Cherokee County in Upstate South Carolina... * Until 615 AM EDT. * At 527 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 11 miles southwest of Forest City to 7 miles southwest of Spartanburg, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Spartanburg, Gaffney, Boiling Springs SC, Pacolet, Cowpens, Wellford, Inman, Mayo, Roebuck, and Chesnee.
Instruction: 
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.
Area Description: 
Cherokee, SC; Spartanburg, SC
Forcast Office: 
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov