Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact North Central Jackson And Southwestern Haywood Counties Through 630 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 558 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northeast of Sylva, or near B.R. Parkway-Smoky Mountains To Balsam Gap. This storm was nearly stationary.
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... Balsam, B.R. Parkway-Smoky Mountains To Balsam Gap, Maggie Valley, and Cherokee.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Haywood County, NC
- Northern Jackson
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~46s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V8EXWRR1QXV8PMWZ8F9S1G
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.33ab2683245de770085f4845c2f2c66eeedb6180.001.1
- 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.6842
- 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 182158 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T21:58:00-00:00...storm...009DEG...4KT...35.47,-83.16 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Haywood County, NC
- Northern Jackson
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037087 |
| SAME | 037099 |
| UGC | NCZ052 |
| UGC | NCZ059 |
- Polygons
- 35.52,-83.22 35.51,-83.21 35.52,-83.2 35.51,-83.18 35.54,-83.17 35.53,-83.1 35.38,-83.07 35.39,-83.25 35.52,-83.22