Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northern Alexander County Through 445 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 408 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5 miles northwest of Taylorsville, moving southeast at 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 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... Taylorsville and Vashti.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Alexander County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~48s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32SBQ6TJKRTGR6TR959ZN77
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.da35ac558eca522a2120d24d16f5f1c95b9a7bc1.001.1
- 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.3629
- 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 212008 RRA |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN ALEXANDER COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T20:08:00-00:00...storm...296DEG...8KT...35.99,-81.23 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Alexander County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037003 |
| UGC | NCZ035 |
- Polygons
- 36.03,-81.18 36.03,-81.15 36.01,-81.05 35.87,-81.16 35.98,-81.32 36.01,-81.31 36.01,-81.29 36.03,-81.27 36.03,-81.23 36.04,-81.2 36.03,-81.18