Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
Details
A Thunderstorm With Frequent Lightning Will Impact West Central Pickens And East Central Oconee Counties Until 330 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
At 305 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm with frequent lightning 10 miles west of Pickens, or near Lake Keowee, moving south at 10 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Six Mile, Salem, Lake Keowee, Keowee Toxaway State Park, Norris, and Nine Times.
Instructions
Frequent lightning is occurring with this storm. If outdoors, try to get indoors or into a hard topped vehicle. Otherwise, stay away from open areas and isolated high objects such as trees. When indoors, stay away from windows and doors and avoid using wired electronic devices. Do not take a shower or bath. Try to unplug unnecessary appliances before the storm approaches. Lake Keowee is in the path of this storm. Cloud to ground lightning and gusty winds will create dangerous boating conditions. Move to shore immediately.
Affected areas
- Greater Oconee
- Greater Pickens
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m12s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XGZMP7YD9DYBNCY872PVC8
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7cddd328866c57a2bed512471dfbc3b13564a98c.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.1895
- 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 191905 |
| NWSheadline | A THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL PICKENS AND EAST CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T19:05:00-00:00...storm...357DEG...8KT...34.88,-82.89 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Greater Oconee
- Greater Pickens
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 045073 |
| SAME | 045077 |
| UGC | SCZ104 |
| UGC | SCZ105 |
- Polygons
- 34.76,-83.01 34.9,-83.0 34.92,-82.9 34.95,-82.85 34.95,-82.78 34.77,-82.73 34.76,-83.01