Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southwestern Caldwell... Southeastern Avery And Northwestern Burke Counties Through 715 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 633 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles southeast of Newland, or 6 miles southeast of B.R. Parkway-Linville Falls To Grandfather, moving southeast at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Gamewell, Table Rock, Lake James, Cajah's Mountain, Lake James State Park, Edgemont, Collettsville, Oak Hill, Jonas Ridge, and Globe.
Instructions
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Avery County, NC
- Caldwell Mountains
- Greater Caldwell
- Burke Mountains
- Greater Burke
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~54s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XWVYY3QX9Z5RQ4S7J8VG3V
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a6f33033ea1b6a72cd73e9eb5f433d25fb3d097a.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.8104
- 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 192233 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CALDWELL... SOUTHEASTERN AVERY AND NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T22:33:00-00:00...storm...336DEG...12KT...35.96,-81.8 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Avery County, NC
- Caldwell Mountains
- Greater Caldwell
- Burke Mountains
- Greater Burke
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037011 |
| SAME | 037027 |
| SAME | 037023 |
| UGC | NCZ033 |
| UGC | NCZ501 |
| UGC | NCZ502 |
| UGC | NCZ503 |
| UGC | NCZ504 |
- Polygons
- 35.82,-81.52 35.73,-81.89 35.75,-81.91 35.99,-81.9 36.04,-81.72 35.82,-81.52