Special Weather Statement
NWS Huntsville AL ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Cullman... Southwestern Morgan And Southeastern Lawrence Counties Through 430 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 339 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sardis, or 12 miles southwest of Hartselle, moving southeast at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel 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... Cullman, Hartselle, Falkville, Baldwin, Vinemont, West Point, Crane Hill, Battleground, Lacon, and Logan.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Lawrence County, AL
- Morgan County, AL
- Cullman County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Huntsville AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m0s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32V4VK1T9XV7J2BEVEXW10W
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ab6d429745efe713cffc18f896bc4de04c89d12d.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.4549
- 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 212039 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CULLMAN... SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T20:39:00-00:00...storm...314DEG...11KT...34.28,-87.04 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lawrence County, AL
- Morgan County, AL
- Cullman County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001079 |
| SAME | 001103 |
| SAME | 001043 |
| UGC | ALZ004 |
| UGC | ALZ007 |
| UGC | ALZ016 |
- Polygons
- 34.3,-87.11 34.3,-87.25 34.33,-87.26 34.44,-86.96 34.21,-86.72 34.07,-87.11 34.3,-87.11