Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northeastern McDowell...South Central Avery And Northwestern Burke Counties Through 245 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 211 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles east of Spruce Pine, or near Linville Falls. This storm was nearly stationary.
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... Linville Falls, B.R. Parkway-Linville Falls To Grandfather, Ingalls, Ashford, and Jonas Ridge.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Avery County, NC
- Burke Mountains
- McDowell Mountains
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m9s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32JP4FRZ55T0W1QQYWKPX67
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ec186dbc3527eba68d69df772386cd3f70d0a781.001.1
- 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.276
- 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 211811 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL...SOUTH CENTRAL AVERY AND NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T18:11:00-00:00...storm...345DEG...3KT...35.92,-81.92 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Avery County, NC
- Burke Mountains
- McDowell Mountains
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037011 |
| SAME | 037023 |
| SAME | 037111 |
| UGC | NCZ033 |
| UGC | NCZ503 |
| UGC | NCZ505 |
- Polygons
- 35.95,-81.83 35.87,-81.8 35.87,-81.99 35.88,-81.99 35.89,-81.98 35.92,-81.99 35.92,-82.01 35.97,-82.02 36.0,-81.93 35.95,-81.83