Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
Details
A Thunderstorm With Frequent Lightning Will Impact Southeastern Transylvania...Northwestern Greenville And Northwestern Pickens Counties Until 315 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
At 248 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm with frequent lightning 11 miles south of Brevard, or 5 miles northwest of Table Rock State Park, moving south at 5 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Rosman, Table Rock State Park, Jocassee Gorges, Lake Jocassee, Caesars Head State Park, Sunset, Pumpkintown, Sassafras Mountain, and Rocky Bottom.
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.
Affected areas
- Transylvania County, NC
- Pickens Mountains
- Greenville Mountains
- Greater Pickens
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
- 01M302CPKA2T3QCA2YEEQVTRWJ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fca3ba1d8a45e7a5ca756d4de07e44b7e710fe22.001.1
- 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.1500
- 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 201848 |
| NWSheadline | A THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA...NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE AND NORTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T18:48:00-00:00...storm...008DEG...5KT...35.07,-82.77 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Transylvania County, NC
- Pickens Mountains
- Greenville Mountains
- Greater Pickens
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037175 |
| SAME | 045077 |
| SAME | 045045 |
| UGC | NCZ064 |
| UGC | SCZ102 |
| UGC | SCZ103 |
| UGC | SCZ105 |
- Polygons
- 35.15,-82.86 35.13,-82.65 34.95,-82.65 34.97,-82.92 35.15,-82.86