Special Weather Statement
NWS Huntsville AL ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southeastern Franklin And Southwestern Lawrence Counties Through 145 AM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 103 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles north of Ashridge, or 13 miles southwest of Moulton. This thunderstorm was nearly stationary.
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... Western Bankhead National Forest and Mt Hope.
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. 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
- Franklin County, AL
- Lawrence County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Huntsville AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~43s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3190AKKV6TR8XEYYT7HN93S
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b306c186b2fdc2d619d5483ac298dc2abb41b84b.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.45
- 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 210603 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES THROUGH 145 AM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T06:03:00-00:00...storm...313DEG...4KT...34.39,-87.48 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Franklin County, AL
- Lawrence County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001059 |
| SAME | 001079 |
| UGC | ALZ003 |
| UGC | ALZ004 |
- Polygons
- 34.31,-87.59 34.38,-87.63 34.46,-87.47 34.38,-87.34 34.3,-87.32 34.31,-87.59