Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Catawba...Western Alexander...Eastern Caldwell And East Central Burke Counties Through 830 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 745 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles northeast of Lenoir, or 4 miles east of Cedar Rock, moving south at 30 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... Hickory, Lenoir, St. Stephens, Conover, Longview, Sawmills, Granite Falls, Valdese, Bethlehem, and Hudson.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Alexander County, NC
- Catawba County, NC
- Greater Caldwell
- Greater Burke
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m2s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Y101XKM7DFB5WPT5CMSEM2
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5c3f54d31eb7f0adaac2180d59a88eae05cf76dc.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.10333
- 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 192345 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CATAWBA...WESTERN ALEXANDER...EASTERN CALDWELL AND EAST CENTRAL BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T23:45:00-00:00...storm...353DEG...25KT...35.96,-81.38 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Alexander County, NC
- Catawba County, NC
- Greater Caldwell
- Greater Burke
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037003 |
| SAME | 037035 |
| SAME | 037027 |
| SAME | 037023 |
| UGC | NCZ035 |
| UGC | NCZ056 |
| UGC | NCZ502 |
| UGC | NCZ504 |
- Polygons
- 36.04,-81.39 36.04,-81.37 36.0,-81.33 36.01,-81.31 36.01,-81.29 36.03,-81.27 36.03,-81.23 35.71,-81.12 35.69,-81.59 36.0,-81.53 36.05,-81.45 36.04,-81.39