Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southeastern Blount And North Central St. Clair Counties Through 130 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 1252 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Oneonta. This thunderstorm was nearly stationary.
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... Oneonta, Ashville, Allgood, Highland Lake, Whitney Junction, Caldwell, Horse Pens Forty, and I 59 Rest Areas At Oneonta. This includes Interstate 59 between mile markers 160 and 166.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Affected areas
- Blount County, AL
- St. Clair County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m0s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32HK29N96FC4BD8XJMQACB4
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b6f4b0b899e9429d3c275dc5c05b587530c85cde.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.8157
- 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 | SPSBMX |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS84 KBMX 211752 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BLOUNT AND NORTH CENTRAL ST. CLAIR COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T17:52:00-00:00...storm...028DEG...4KT...33.92,-86.36 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Blount County, AL
- St. Clair County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001009 |
| SAME | 001115 |
| UGC | ALZ017 |
| UGC | ALZ026 |
- Polygons
- 33.97,-86.34 33.94,-86.37 33.94,-86.33 33.96,-86.32 33.96,-86.31 33.93,-86.25 33.77,-86.32 33.9,-86.54 34.0,-86.4 33.97,-86.34