Special Weather Statement
NWS Huntsville AL ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northeastern DeKalb County Through 315 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 240 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms over Henagar southwest to Sylvania, moving south at 5 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 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 vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Fort Payne, Rainsville, Henagar, Sylvania, Ider, Valley Head, Hammondville, Mentone, Pine Ridge, and Desoto State Park.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- DeKalb County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Huntsville AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~21s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XK00EQS0VJ497N3900GEQF
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.119b38ca9c2002af43d479c63dc41ee84bda5c71.001.1
- 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.2726
- 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 191941 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T19:40:00-00:00...storm...353DEG...6KT...34.62,-85.74 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- DeKalb County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001049 |
| UGC | ALZ010 |
- Polygons
- 34.38,-85.83 34.57,-85.86 34.77,-85.61 34.57,-85.52 34.38,-85.83