Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
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A Thunderstorm With Frequent Lightning Will Impact Central Greenville...Northeastern Anderson And East Central Pickens Counties Until 500 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
At 436 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm with frequent lightning 5 miles west of Greenville Downtown, or near Berea, moving southeast at 10 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Greenville Downtown, Easley, Greenville Eastside, West Greenville, Berea, Welcome, Powdersville, Furman University, and Cherrydale Point.
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
- Anderson County, SC
- Greater Pickens
- Central Greenville
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~35s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M308HVTNJ0F1N8M7QWSYMR42
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.62469a0579a7411383b71d2facf1bfdbcb8672b0.001.1
- 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.4276
- 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 202036 |
| NWSheadline | A THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT CENTRAL GREENVILLE...NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON AND EAST CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T20:36:00-00:00...storm...336DEG...7KT...34.86,-82.48 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Anderson County, SC
- Greater Pickens
- Central Greenville
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 045007 |
| SAME | 045077 |
| SAME | 045045 |
| UGC | SCZ010 |
| UGC | SCZ105 |
| UGC | SCZ106 |
- Polygons
- 34.72,-82.54 34.89,-82.57 34.94,-82.45 34.81,-82.33 34.8,-82.36 34.8,-82.37 34.79,-82.38 34.79,-82.44 34.78,-82.46 34.77,-82.45 34.75,-82.46 34.72,-82.54