Special Weather Statement
NWS Huntsville AL ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Eastern Franklin County Through 600 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 508 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Russellville, moving east at 20 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... Russellville, Phil Campbell, Hodges, Newburg, Tharptown, Isbell, Duketon, Spruce Pine, Rockwood, and Little Bear Creek Reservoir.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Franklin County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Huntsville AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m25s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3308JBRG9TBBB71WYGEEPWE
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cf4a3b1f190df80a5e505b15831f7d2126b79474.001.1
- 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.7279
- 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 212208 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T22:08:00-00:00...storm...278DEG...16KT...34.46,-87.78 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Franklin County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001059 |
| UGC | ALZ003 |
- Polygons
- 34.54,-87.8 34.52,-87.53 34.31,-87.62 34.31,-87.95 34.32,-88.0 34.54,-87.8