Special Weather Statement
NWS Huntsville AL ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southwestern DeKalb County Through 845 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 754 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Crossville, or 14 miles northeast of Boaz, moving south at 10 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... Crossville, Geraldine, Arona, Rodentown, Skirum, and Lathamville.
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
- ~36s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M30QAAHWGYS4M7M78M8EBQJK
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f9df23ab8879081a094406bf3aa3e17bd8cf1e12.001.1
- 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.1382
- 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 210054 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTY THROUGH 845 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T00:54:00-00:00...storm...004DEG...7KT...34.3,-85.94 |
| 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
- 34.24,-85.84 34.2,-85.85 34.2,-86.09 34.36,-86.04 34.36,-85.82 34.24,-85.81 34.24,-85.84