Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
Details
Thunderstorms With Frequent Lightning Will Impact Southeastern Rabun And Central Oconee Counties Until 400 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
At 332 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms with frequent lightning along a line extending from 10 miles north of Walhalla to 8 miles southeast of Clayton, and moving south at 15 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Seneca, Walhalla, Westminster, Salem, Tallulah Gorge State Park, Oconee State Park, Lake Keowee, Mountain Rest, Long Creek, and Pine Mountain.
Instructions
Frequent lightning is occurring with these storms. 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 storms approach.
Affected areas
- Rabun County, GA
- Oconee Mountains
- Greater Oconee
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m20s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M304Y2E430EE439GTX3QKG0T
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4d334f3d37c108ad458182232931e708ee3b2bd5.001.1
- 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.2567
- 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 201932 |
| NWSheadline | THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN RABUN AND CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T19:32:00-00:00...storm...354DEG...11KT...34.92,-83.0 34.89,-83.21 34.77,-83.31 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Rabun County, GA
- Oconee Mountains
- Greater Oconee
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 013241 |
| SAME | 045073 |
| UGC | GAZ010 |
| UGC | SCZ101 |
| UGC | SCZ104 |
- Polygons
- 34.77,-83.37 34.94,-83.21 34.98,-82.97 34.69,-82.91 34.65,-83.18 34.61,-83.22 34.61,-83.23 34.63,-83.25 34.65,-83.29 34.67,-83.31 34.68,-83.34 34.69,-83.34 34.7,-83.35 34.72,-83.35 34.73,-83.37 34.77,-83.37