Special Weather Statement
NWS Huntsville AL ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southern DeKalb County Through 200 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 109 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sand Rock, moving south at 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 45 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Fort Payne, Rainsville, Crossville, Sylvania, Fyffe, Geraldine, Valley Head, Pine Ridge, Collbran, and Guest.
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
- DeKalb County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Huntsville AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~26s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XDSH9XCEDTF6XASQXFR7MW
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.edd984ae52b60235f999c49849fc35baf57e5540.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Huntsville AL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPHUN
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.199
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSHUN |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS84 KHUN 191810 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN DEKALB COUNTY THROUGH 200 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T18:09:00-00:00...storm...357DEG...10KT...34.33,-85.77 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- DeKalb County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001049 |
| UGC | ALZ010 |
- Polygons
- 34.41,-85.61 34.37,-85.63 34.36,-85.66 34.26,-85.77 34.26,-85.81 34.24,-85.81 34.24,-85.84 34.2,-85.85 34.2,-86.07 34.26,-86.08 34.54,-85.81 34.53,-85.65 34.44,-85.58 34.41,-85.61