Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southeastern McDowell...Central Rutherford And Southwestern Burke Counties Through 800 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 736 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles southeast of Marion, moving south at 35 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... Marion, Rutherfordton, Forest City, Spindale, Lake Lure, Green Hill, Thermal City, Glenwood, Union Mills, and Shingle Hollow.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Greater Burke
- McDowell Mountains
- Eastern McDowell
- Rutherford Mountains
- Greater Rutherford
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~30s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Y0EK8DW33A1K67ZWV6BMCJ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b216dbed7a2105f0199b7c49b1e04beda7290a55.001.1
- 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.9971
- 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 192336 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL...CENTRAL RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T23:36:00-00:00...storm...022DEG...29KT...35.62,-81.92 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Greater Burke
- McDowell Mountains
- Eastern McDowell
- Rutherford Mountains
- Greater Rutherford
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037023 |
| SAME | 037111 |
| SAME | 037161 |
| UGC | NCZ504 |
| UGC | NCZ505 |
| UGC | NCZ506 |
| UGC | NCZ507 |
| UGC | NCZ508 |
- Polygons
- 35.72,-81.99 35.65,-81.78 35.33,-81.89 35.46,-82.23 35.72,-81.99