Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southeastern Henderson And North Central Greenville Counties Through 515 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 450 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles southeast of Hendersonville, or near Flat Rock, moving south at 5 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Flat Rock, Saluda, Tuxedo, North Saluda Reservoir, East Flat Rock, and Glassy Mountain.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Affected areas
- Henderson County, NC
- Polk Mountains
- Greenville Mountains
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~46s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M309BTZ5KKJ35K2Q3KR4QMYM
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.24306ef5bd29362978b8208e3543d2e2ab4e2b2e.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.4678
- 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 202050 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON AND NORTH CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T20:50:00-00:00...storm...344DEG...6KT...35.25,-82.4 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Henderson County, NC
- Polk Mountains
- Greenville Mountains
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037089 |
| SAME | 037149 |
| SAME | 045045 |
| UGC | NCZ065 |
| UGC | NCZ509 |
| UGC | SCZ103 |
- Polygons
- 35.29,-82.48 35.31,-82.36 35.15,-82.28 35.12,-82.47 35.29,-82.48