Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northern Mitchell...Central Avery And Northeastern Yancey Counties Through 515 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 437 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles east of Erwin, or 9 miles northwest of Bakersville, moving south at 15 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... Newland, Banner Elk, Elk Park, Bakersville, Beech Mountain In Avery County, Sugar Mountain, Seven Devils, Buladean, Minneapolis, and Poplar.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Avery County, NC
- Yancey County, NC
- Mitchell County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~38s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V3TBG7VA5Y550KD3VVBPFZ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ebad7d7c3f1d3f84f33cd0fc359028dc44627fd9.001.1
- 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.4310
- 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 182037 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN MITCHELL...CENTRAL AVERY AND NORTHEASTERN YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T20:37:00-00:00...storm...338DEG...14KT...36.13,-82.24 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Avery County, NC
- Yancey County, NC
- Mitchell County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037011 |
| SAME | 037199 |
| SAME | 037121 |
| UGC | NCZ033 |
| UGC | NCZ049 |
| UGC | NCZ050 |
- Polygons
- 36.28,-81.9 36.21,-81.91 36.19,-81.88 36.19,-81.86 36.16,-81.83 36.12,-81.81 35.95,-82.33 36.11,-82.37 36.14,-82.29 36.13,-82.25 36.16,-82.22 36.16,-82.2 36.14,-82.18 36.15,-82.15 36.11,-82.13 36.1,-82.08 36.13,-82.05 36.12,-82.03 36.28,-81.92 36.28,-81.9