Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Rabun County 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 531 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northwest of Clayton, or 6 miles west of Black Rock Mountain State Park, moving southwest at 10 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... Lake Burton, Black Rock Mountain State Park, and Mountain City.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Rabun County, GA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~56s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XSAFQMJZ216X4KF2K2EMAV
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0c599adeddaac6913bfd975dafa66362d8704f16.001.1
- 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.6218
- 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 192131 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN RABUN COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T21:31:00-00:00...storm...044DEG...9KT...34.93,-83.52 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Rabun County, GA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 013241 |
| UGC | GAZ010 |
- Polygons
- 34.88,-83.66 34.9,-83.63 34.91,-83.63 34.92,-83.6 34.94,-83.6 34.95,-83.55 34.99,-83.55 34.99,-83.47 34.93,-83.38 34.79,-83.57 34.82,-83.59 34.83,-83.6 34.82,-83.61 34.83,-83.66 34.88,-83.66