Special Weather Statement
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact West Central Swain And Northeastern Graham Counties Through 415 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 347 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles north of Robbinsville, or near Fontana Village, moving northeast at 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 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... Fontana Lake, Fontana Village, Smoky Mountains-Twentymile Creek, and Smoky Mountains-Fontana Area.
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
- Swain County, NC
- Graham County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m17s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M37WZJH5Q8CYMM4GB98B0JGK
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ac990bf9b94bd2f5f1f4545cb9b76ca748611d00.001.1
- 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.2863
- 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 231947 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL SWAIN AND NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-23T19:47:00-00:00...storm...241DEG...8KT...35.46,-83.78 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Swain County, NC
- Graham County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037173 |
| SAME | 037075 |
| UGC | NCZ051 |
| UGC | NCZ058 |
- Polygons
- 35.39,-83.86 35.46,-83.89 35.55,-83.74 35.41,-83.66 35.39,-83.86