Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 28 at 4:43PM EDT until August 28 at 5:15PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 28, 2026 - 1:43pm
Expires:
August 28, 2026 - 2:15pm
Description:
At 443 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 11 miles southeast of Downtown Greenville to 9 miles
northeast of Anderson, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Simpsonville, Five Forks, Fountain Inn, Piedmont, Belton,
Williamston, West Pelzer, Donaldson Center, Fork Shoals, and Broadway
Lake.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Anderson, SC; Greenville, SC; Laurens, SC
Forcast Office:
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov