Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 18 at 9:50PM EDT until September 18 at 10:30PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 18, 2026 - 6:50pm
Expires:
September 18, 2026 - 7:30pm
Description:
At 950 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles southeast
of Anderson, or near Honea Path, moving south at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Homeland Park, Belton, Honea Path, Starr, Antreville, Broadway Lake,
Anderson, and Lake Secession.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A few trees and power lines will be blown down in the warned area.
The storm will be accompanied by brief heavy rainfall, and little or
no lightning. Seek shelter inside an interior room.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
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 this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Abbeville, SC; Anderson, SC
Forcast Office:
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov