Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Chester, SC
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What is happening
SVRGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Chester County in Upstate South Carolina... * Until 430 PM EDT. * At 351 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of Chester, or near Richburg, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph...
What the bulletin says 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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Bulletin details
SVRGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Chester County in Upstate South Carolina... * Until 430 PM EDT. * At 351 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of Chester, or near Richburg, moving east at 30 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... Great Falls, Fort Lawn, Fishing Creek Reservoir, Richburg, and Edgemoor.
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 21 at 3:52PM EDT until August 21 at 4:30PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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