Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
Details
Thunderstorms With Frequent Lightning Will Impact Stephens... Habersham And Central Oconee Counties Until 430 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
At 401 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms with frequent lightning along a line extending from 5 miles northwest of Walhalla to 6 miles north of Toccoa to 3 miles west of Clarkesville, and moving south at 10 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Toccoa, Walhalla, Clarkesville, Cornelia, Baldwin, Westminster, Demorest, Mount Airy, Alto, and Tallulah Falls.
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. Lakes Hartwell and Keowee are in the path of these storms. Cloud to ground lightning and gusty winds will create dangerous boating conditions. Move to shore immediately.
Affected areas
- Habersham County, GA
- Stephens County, GA
- Oconee Mountains
- Greater Oconee
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~59s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M306MAW2RWD1P83T0X1EWVM9
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c05d1b85f66bd2b645e1da0c739f1751ad06310f.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.3327
- 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 202002 |
| NWSheadline | THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT STEPHENS... HABERSHAM AND CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T20:01:00-00:00...storm...355DEG...9KT...34.85,-83.1 34.68,-83.35 34.61,-83.59 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Habersham County, GA
- Stephens County, GA
- Oconee Mountains
- Greater Oconee
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 013137 |
| SAME | 013257 |
| SAME | 045073 |
| UGC | GAZ017 |
| UGC | GAZ018 |
| UGC | SCZ101 |
| UGC | SCZ104 |
- Polygons
- 34.54,-83.62 34.6,-83.65 34.62,-83.64 34.65,-83.66 34.73,-83.38 34.72,-83.35 34.74,-83.35 34.95,-83.03 34.72,-82.94 34.47,-83.31 34.46,-83.4 34.48,-83.47 34.49,-83.54 34.43,-83.62 34.5,-83.67 34.54,-83.62