Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Eastern Rabun...Southeastern Macon...Southwestern Transylvania...Southeastern Jackson And Northwestern Oconee Counties Through 345 AM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 259 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 18 miles north of Walhalla, or 5 miles east of Highlands, moving northeast at 30 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Clayton, Highlands, Sky Valley, Cashiers, Lake Glenville, Lakemont, Tallulah Gorge State Park, Oconee State Park, Lake Rabun, and Gorges State Park.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Affected areas
- Rabun County, GA
- Macon County, NC
- Southern Jackson
- Transylvania County, NC
- Oconee Mountains
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~20s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M33YMPS66PFPEZCJ4SWYJ9WC
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.56c83ac586c6155ac858cff95d04bf6be13ae4aa.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.1971
- 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 220700 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN RABUN...SOUTHEASTERN MACON...SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND NORTHWESTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 345 AM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-22T06:59:00-00:00...storm...223DEG...28KT...35.03,-83.11 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Rabun County, GA
- Macon County, NC
- Southern Jackson
- Transylvania County, NC
- Oconee Mountains
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 013241 |
| SAME | 037113 |
| SAME | 037099 |
| SAME | 037175 |
| SAME | 045073 |
| UGC | GAZ010 |
| UGC | NCZ062 |
| UGC | NCZ063 |
| UGC | NCZ064 |
| UGC | SCZ101 |
- Polygons
- 35.21,-83.25 35.24,-83.09 35.18,-82.96 35.04,-82.94 34.75,-83.21 34.7,-83.32 34.71,-83.35 34.73,-83.38 34.73,-83.4 34.74,-83.42 34.75,-83.43 34.74,-83.43 34.75,-83.45 35.21,-83.25