Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
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A Thunderstorm With Frequent Lightning Will Impact Southwestern McDowell And Southeastern Buncombe Counties Until 345 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
At 319 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm with frequent lightning 13 miles east of Downtown Asheville, or near Black Mountain, moving south at 5 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Black Mountain, Swannanoa, Fairview In Buncombe County, Old Fort, and Montreat.
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
- Buncombe County, NC
- McDowell Mountains
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m8s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3045WVYWPCWD5ZWAPN7W7KC
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.85f562cda7ffe9aa26c0a2161f45dbd661b615c7.001.1
- 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.2272
- 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 201919 |
| NWSheadline | A THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T19:19:00-00:00...storm...348DEG...6KT...35.62,-82.31 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Buncombe County, NC
- McDowell Mountains
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037021 |
| SAME | 037111 |
| UGC | NCZ053 |
| UGC | NCZ505 |
- Polygons
- 35.53,-82.12 35.52,-82.14 35.53,-82.18 35.52,-82.23 35.5,-82.22 35.47,-82.24 35.47,-82.27 35.5,-82.33 35.48,-82.37 35.46,-82.37 35.47,-82.41 35.47,-82.43 35.67,-82.43 35.7,-82.21 35.53,-82.12