Warning Vector

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued September 21 At 3:14PM EDT Until September 21 At 4:15PM EDT By NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC

Event
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued
Onset
Message expires
Expected end
Category
Meteorological
Urgency
Immediate
Severity
Severe
Certainty
Observed
Response
Shelter

Description

Overview

SVRGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... North central McDowell County in western North Carolina... Southeastern Mitchell County in western North Carolina... Southwestern Avery County in western North Carolina... * Until 415 PM EDT. * At 314 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Spruce Pine, moving south at 5 mph.

Hazard

60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

Source

Radar indicated.

Impacts

Expect damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted

Spruce Pine, Linville Falls, Ingalls, Little Switzerland, and North Cove.

Instructions

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Please report damaging winds, hail, or flooding to the National Weather Service by calling toll free, 1, 800, 2 6 7, 8 1 0 1, or by posting on our Facebook page, or post it to X using hashtag nwsgsp. Your message should describe the event and the specific location where it occurred.

Affected areas

  • Avery County, NC
  • McDowell County, NC
  • Mitchell County, NC

Public contact

Issuer
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~1m6s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
New
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M32P9CDXHBKEPMS5W3YDGR1A
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4b33e925308128315cd3ef419c5491fc9d07a3bc.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.2306
WMO heading
XOUS52
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography
United States (US)
WMO bulletin number
52

Event codes

NameValue
SAMESVR
NationalWeatherServiceSVW

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierSVRGSP
WMOidentifierWUUS52 KGSP 211914
eventMotionDescription2026-09-21T19:14:00-00:00...storm...014DEG...4KT...35.95,-82.06
windThreatRADAR INDICATED
maxWindGust60 MPH
hailThreatRADAR INDICATED
maxHailSize0.75
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
EAS-ORGWXR
VTEC/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0353.260921T1914Z-260921T2015Z/
eventEndingTime2026-09-21T16:15:00-04:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Avery County, NC
  • McDowell County, NC
  • Mitchell County, NC
NameValue
SAME037011
SAME037111
SAME037121
UGCNCC011
UGCNCC111
UGCNCC121
Polygons
35.97,-81.96 35.96,-81.94 35.82,-82.01 35.83,-82.12 35.86,-82.15 35.9,-82.15 36.0,-82.1 35.97,-81.96