Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Calhoun And Southeastern Etowah Counties 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 118 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Jacksonville State University, or near Jacksonville, moving southwest at 10 mph.
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... Jacksonville, Saks, Glencoe, Weaver, Alexandria, Jacksonville State University, Southside, Cobb City, Sulphur Springs, and Wellington. This includes US Highway 431 between mile markers 237 and 253.
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
- Etowah County, AL
- Calhoun County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~33s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32K1VGBRV68CWHH9ASZN9FY
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f9c4d6a60b92fdf6f82f15b9b3901e18cf21695b.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.486
- 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 211818 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN AND SOUTHEASTERN ETOWAH COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T18:18:00-00:00...storm...054DEG...8KT...33.87,-85.85 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Etowah County, AL
- Calhoun County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001055 |
| SAME | 001015 |
| UGC | ALZ018 |
| UGC | ALZ019 |
- Polygons
- 33.97,-85.83 33.85,-85.73 33.71,-85.9 33.9,-86.06 33.97,-85.83