Special Weather Statement
NWS Huntsville AL ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southwestern DeKalb County Through 500 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 419 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Fyffe, or near Rainsville, moving southeast at 20 mph.
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... Fort Payne, Rainsville, Crossville, Sylvania, Fyffe, Powell, Geraldine, Pine Ridge, Lakeview, and Hopewell.
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
- ~15s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35FV8YPYX3EE7S5HJ01TS5E
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8c3ea9c5214e208261b6650bb370f9ef3d799bf0.001.1
- 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.5519
- 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 222120 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-22T21:19:00-00:00...storm...334DEG...16KT...34.45,-85.95 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- DeKalb County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001049 |
| UGC | ALZ010 |
- Polygons
- 34.26,-85.77 34.26,-85.81 34.24,-85.81 34.24,-85.84 34.2,-85.85 34.2,-85.99 34.43,-86.09 34.58,-85.83 34.35,-85.67 34.26,-85.77