Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southwestern Mecklenburg County Through 545 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 517 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles southwest of Uptown Charlotte, or over Southwest Charlotte, moving south at 20 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... Central Charlotte, Southwest Charlotte, Southpark Mall, The Arboretum, South Charlotte, Carowinds, Freedom Park, Pineville, and Charlotte Douglas Airport.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Mecklenburg County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~59s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V648088JT87XG5GYZ2HSGY
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.883ad91c55e9f27defd0a6ace90981f62d031af8.001.1
- 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.5642
- 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 182117 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T21:17:00-00:00...storm...350DEG...16KT...35.14,-80.92 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Mecklenburg County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037119 |
| UGC | NCZ071 |
- Polygons
- 35.1,-80.78 35.09,-80.92 35.11,-80.94 35.08,-80.97 35.08,-80.99 35.2,-80.99 35.22,-80.88 35.1,-80.78