Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northeastern Transylvania... Northwestern Henderson...Southeastern Haywood And Southwestern Buncombe Counties Through 115 AM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 1247 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles north of Brevard, or 5 miles northwest of Etowah, moving north at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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... Downtown Asheville, Brevard, East Asheville, West Asheville, Mills River, Canton, Etowah, Biltmore Forest, Bent Creek, and B.R. Parkway-Mount Pisgah To The Nc Arboretum.
Instructions
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Haywood County, NC
- Buncombe County, NC
- Transylvania County, NC
- Henderson County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m0s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M33Q2D2CWHEGWSAQG9Z5BWG2
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.17acb3460d246c679b66b06b1f3e9e290c899169.001.1
- 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.6745
- 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 220447 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA... NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD AND SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 115 AM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-22T04:47:00-00:00...storm...160DEG...12KT...35.36,-82.67 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Haywood County, NC
- Buncombe County, NC
- Transylvania County, NC
- Henderson County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037087 |
| SAME | 037021 |
| SAME | 037175 |
| SAME | 037089 |
| UGC | NCZ052 |
| UGC | NCZ053 |
| UGC | NCZ064 |
| UGC | NCZ065 |
- Polygons
- 35.32,-82.54 35.23,-82.75 35.47,-82.95 35.6,-82.77 35.62,-82.52 35.32,-82.54