Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
Details
A Thunderstorm With Frequent Lightning Will Impact Southeastern McDowell County Until 415 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
At 347 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm with frequent lightning 5 miles north of Marion, or 4 miles west of Lake James, moving south at 10 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Marion, Lake James State Park, Lake James, Nebo, Woodlawn, Pleasant Gardens, and Glenwood.
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. Lake James is in the path of this storm. Cloud to ground lightning and gusty winds will create dangerous boating conditions. Move to shore immediately.
Affected areas
- McDowell Mountains
- Eastern McDowell
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~36s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M305R6C8D2BXJ26QZ14FB8S6
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ad348b54227fedcb380acbff16dda058348b3889.001.1
- 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.2948
- 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 201947 |
| NWSheadline | A THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T19:47:00-00:00...storm...354DEG...9KT...35.75,-81.97 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- McDowell Mountains
- Eastern McDowell
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037111 |
| UGC | NCZ505 |
| UGC | NCZ506 |
- Polygons
- 35.8,-81.97 35.72,-81.87 35.63,-81.84 35.61,-82.08 35.8,-82.06 35.81,-81.99 35.8,-81.97