Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
Details
A Thunderstorm With Frequent Lightning Will Impact Polk County Until 515 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
At 448 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm with frequent lightning 5 miles northwest of Columbus, moving south at 15 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Columbus, Tryon, Saluda, Mill Spring, and Lake Adger.
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 Adger 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
- Polk Mountains
- Eastern Polk
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~54s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3098DVKA8A5BK2T55RHS9FC
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.632b9abc33e9a569453b10065964120cbcf809dc.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.4634
- 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 202048 |
| NWSheadline | A THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT POLK COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T20:48:00-00:00...storm...342DEG...12KT...35.31,-82.26 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Polk Mountains
- Eastern Polk
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037149 |
| UGC | NCZ509 |
| UGC | NCZ510 |
- Polygons
- 35.19,-82.05 35.2,-82.29 35.19,-82.32 35.19,-82.36 35.24,-82.36 35.24,-82.35 35.29,-82.35 35.31,-82.33 35.31,-82.31 35.39,-82.26 35.4,-82.2 35.4,-82.18 35.19,-82.05