Severe Thunderstorm Warning
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
Details
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning Remains In Effect Until 515 PM EDT For Northwestern Habersham And Southwestern Rabun Counties
- Event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Shelter
Description
Overview
At 434 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of Clarkesville, or 5 miles south of Lake Burton, moving south at 5 mph.
Hazard
Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. Locations impacted include... Tiger, Lake Rabun, Lake Burton, Seed Lake, Batesville, and Lakemont.
Instructions
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from windows. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Habersham County, GA
- Rabun County, GA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~18s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32TW83TASCWJFD7M134M2X6
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b8018fdf02569d827c9eca6906db1c275fe60376.001.1
- 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.4491
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SVS |
| NationalWeatherService | SVW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SVSGSP |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS52 KGSP 212035 |
| NWSheadline | A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN HABERSHAM AND SOUTHWESTERN RABUN COUNTIES |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T20:34:00-00:00...storm...009DEG...6KT...34.75,-83.57 |
| windThreat | RADAR INDICATED |
| maxWindGust | 60 MPH |
| hailThreat | RADAR INDICATED |
| maxHailSize | 1.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0356.000000T0000Z-260921T2115Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T17:15:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Habersham County, GA
- Rabun County, GA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 013137 |
| SAME | 013241 |
| UGC | GAC137 |
| UGC | GAC241 |
- Polygons
- 34.92,-83.47 34.84,-83.42 34.67,-83.45 34.64,-83.57 34.69,-83.64 34.71,-83.64 34.73,-83.62 34.74,-83.62 34.75,-83.63 34.76,-83.63 34.77,-83.64 34.86,-83.65 34.92,-83.47