Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Alexander And Eastern Caldwell Counties Through 600 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 530 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5 miles southwest of Boomer, moving southeast at 25 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... Taylorsville, Stony Point, Hiddenite, Kings Creek, Little River In Alexander County, Millersville, and Ellendale.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Alexander County, NC
- Greater Caldwell
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m6s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V6W82NWJRKQC6EJCRQ53MH
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6c6d5d26de3999d9987f7221aac225979805d33e.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.5988
- 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 182130 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT ALEXANDER AND EASTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T21:30:00-00:00...storm...333DEG...23KT...36.01,-81.31 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Alexander County, NC
- Greater Caldwell
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037003 |
| SAME | 037027 |
| UGC | NCZ035 |
| UGC | NCZ502 |
- Polygons
- 36.05,-81.39 36.04,-81.4 36.04,-81.37 36.0,-81.33 36.01,-81.31 36.01,-81.29 36.03,-81.27 36.04,-81.19 35.87,-81.04 35.86,-81.04 35.82,-81.43 36.05,-81.44 36.07,-81.4 36.05,-81.39