Special Weather Statement
NWS Huntsville AL ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southeastern DeKalb County Through 200 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 133 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Fyffe, or 8 miles south of Rainsville, moving southeast at 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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... Fort Payne, Rainsville, Crossville, Fyffe, Pine Ridge, Collbran, Guest, Dog Town, Little River Canyon NP, and Skirum.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- DeKalb County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Huntsville AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~44s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M356AC7SZC92HV4JGR5M0AZA
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0031e3b7bd4bfc85571b42ad77af35a9adda36e4.001.1
- 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.1040
- 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 221833 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTY THROUGH 200 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-22T18:33:00-00:00...storm...294DEG...8KT...34.38,-85.84 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.75 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- DeKalb County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001049 |
| UGC | ALZ010 |
- Polygons
- 34.41,-85.61 34.37,-85.63 34.36,-85.66 34.34,-85.68 34.26,-85.77 34.26,-85.81 34.24,-85.81 34.29,-86.0 34.48,-85.87 34.43,-85.59 34.41,-85.61