Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 11 at 5:23PM EDT until August 11 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 11, 2026 - 2:23pm
Expires:
August 11, 2026 - 3:00pm
Description:
SVRGSP
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Rutherford County in western North Carolina...
Southeastern Polk County in western North Carolina...
Southwestern Cleveland County in the Piedmont of North Carolina...
* Until 600 PM EDT.
* At 523 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
Rutherfordton, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Forest City, Rutherfordton, Spindale, Boiling Springs NC,
Ellenboro, Mooresboro, Bostic, Cliffside, Henrietta, and Sunshine.
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:
Cleveland, NC; Polk, NC; Rutherford, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov