Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Western Catawba...Southeastern Caldwell And Southeastern Burke Counties Through 445 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 413 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4 miles northwest of Hickory, or near Lake Hickory, moving southeast at 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Hickory, Newton, St. Stephens, Longview, Sawmills, Granite Falls, Icard, Hildebran, Connelly Springs, and Rhodhiss.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. If on or near Lake Hickory, get out of the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 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.
Affected areas
- Catawba County, NC
- Greater Caldwell
- Greater Burke
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~52s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V2ETSEJRGYPCQQ7K91R6CX
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.054deff24b8126a9f0c2c4cc133f599bdfd21714.001.1
- 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.3824
- 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 | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSGSP |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS82 KGSP 182013 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN CATAWBA...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T20:13:00-00:00...storm...330DEG...9KT...35.79,-81.37 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Catawba County, NC
- Greater Caldwell
- Greater Burke
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037035 |
| SAME | 037027 |
| SAME | 037023 |
| UGC | NCZ056 |
| UGC | NCZ502 |
| UGC | NCZ504 |
- Polygons
- 35.82,-81.34 35.8,-81.33 35.8,-81.3 35.81,-81.28 35.81,-81.24 35.61,-81.2 35.64,-81.56 35.84,-81.49 35.82,-81.34