Severe Thunderstorm Warning
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Updated
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Details
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning Remains In Effect Until 230 PM CDT For Central Etowah County
- Event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Shelter
Description
Overview
At 151 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Reece City to near Ballplay, moving south at 20 mph.
Hazard
60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Gadsden, Rainbow City, Attalla, Hokes Bluff, Glencoe, Steele, Reece City, Ballplay, Gadsden Mall, Noccalula Falls, Neely Henry Lake, Southside, Gadsden Steam Plant, Big Wills Creek, Crudup, Gadsden Municipal Airport, Rockledge, Cobb City, Northside, and Gadsden Water Works.
Instructions
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Affected areas
- Etowah County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m2s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XG5QGSMY8Z0YSP19FGNQ2B
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.87e234edf1b8a8521c7b1a5d1835f747c8efefbd.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Birmingham AL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPBMX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1539
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SVS |
| NationalWeatherService | SVW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SVSBMX |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS54 KBMX 191851 |
| NWSheadline | A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL ETOWAH COUNTY |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T18:51:00-00:00...storm...014DEG...17KT...34.08,-86.04 34.07,-85.86 |
| windThreat | RADAR INDICATED |
| maxWindGust | 60 MPH |
| hailThreat | RADAR INDICATED |
| maxHailSize | 0.75 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-260919T1930Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T14:30:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Etowah County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001055 |
| UGC | ALC055 |
- Polygons
- 34.12,-85.79 33.94,-85.79 33.95,-85.88 33.94,-85.9 33.91,-85.9 33.91,-85.93 33.92,-85.93 33.91,-85.97 33.87,-86.0 33.84,-86.05 33.86,-86.06 33.86,-86.1 33.9,-86.11 33.9,-86.14 33.96,-86.17 33.97,-86.19 34.12,-86.11 34.13,-85.84 34.11,-85.83 34.13,-85.8 34.12,-85.79