Severe Thunderstorm Warning
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
Details
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued September 18 At 3:32PM EDT Until September 18 At 4:15PM EDT By NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Shelter
Description
Overview
SVRGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Catawba County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Southeastern Alexander County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Southwestern Iredell County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... * Until 415 PM EDT. * At 331 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northeast of Newton, or over Lookout Shoals Lake, moving southwest at 25 mph.
Hazard
60 mph wind gusts.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted
Statesville, Newton, Conover, Maiden, Claremont, Catawba, Lake Norman, Lake Norman State Park, Lookout Shoals Lake, and Sherrills Ford.
Instructions
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. If on or near Lake Norman, get away from the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm. 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.
Affected areas
- Alexander County, NC
- Catawba County, NC
- Iredell County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~23s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V02WSN1CAYF3BBHRYAC5DY
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.49b85639de76e744c12c5f16efe4df91fe06e897.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- AWIPS ID
- CAPGSP
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2609
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SVR |
| NationalWeatherService | SVW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SVRGSP |
| WMOidentifier | WUUS52 KGSP 181932 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T19:31:00-00:00...storm...039DEG...24KT...35.77,-81.1 |
| windThreat | RADAR INDICATED |
| maxWindGust | 60 MPH |
| hailThreat | RADAR INDICATED |
| maxHailSize | Up to .75 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0341.260918T1932Z-260918T2015Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T16:15:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Alexander County, NC
- Catawba County, NC
- Iredell County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037003 |
| SAME | 037035 |
| SAME | 037097 |
| UGC | NCC003 |
| UGC | NCC035 |
| UGC | NCC097 |
- Polygons
- 35.82,-80.87 35.55,-80.93 35.57,-81.44 35.85,-81.19 35.82,-80.87