Special Weather Statement
NWS Huntsville AL ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Madison...Limestone And Southwestern Lincoln Counties Through 715 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 625 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Ardmore, or 14 miles north of Athens, moving east at 20 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 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... Athens, Fayetteville, Ardmore, Harvest, Tanner, Elkmont, Cartwright, French Mill, Elkwood, and Holland Gin.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Limestone County, AL
- Madison County, AL
- Lincoln County, TN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Huntsville AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~58s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M334MQD3WBH3K2GK2M7AYAV0
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.00ff3fe482df165a065677d050dd879c1324adfe.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.9457
- 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 212325 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MADISON...LIMESTONE AND SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T23:25:00-00:00...storm...289DEG...18KT...35.0,-86.9 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Limestone County, AL
- Madison County, AL
- Lincoln County, TN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001083 |
| SAME | 001089 |
| SAME | 047103 |
| UGC | ALZ005 |
| UGC | ALZ006 |
| UGC | TNZ096 |
- Polygons
- 35.13,-86.47 34.64,-86.9 34.84,-87.22 34.9,-87.22 35.0,-87.12 34.99,-86.84 35.19,-86.83 35.13,-86.47