Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southeastern Blount...East Central Jefferson And Western St. Clair Counties Through 215 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 127 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Moody. 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... Trussville, Leeds, Moody, Springville, Odenville, Margaret, Argo, Ashville, Bald Rock, Shops of Grand River, Branchville, Inland Lake, Highland Lake, St. Clair Springs, Holly Springs, Caldwell, and Camp Winnataska. This includes the following highways... Interstate 59 between mile markers 144 and 164. Interstate 20 between mile markers 141 and 152.
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
- Jefferson County, AL
- St. Clair County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~14s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32KKJ2QY1SRVJZ87MB3Z1BR
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5a19ce36de34699a9507452840199adcf6fb72b6.001.1
- 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.880
- 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 211828 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BLOUNT...EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND WESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T18:27:00-00:00...storm...041DEG...4KT...33.63,-86.5 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Blount County, AL
- Jefferson County, AL
- St. Clair County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001009 |
| SAME | 001073 |
| SAME | 001115 |
| UGC | ALZ017 |
| UGC | ALZ024 |
| UGC | ALZ026 |
- Polygons
- 33.83,-86.28 33.5,-86.44 33.5,-86.47 33.51,-86.48 33.55,-86.48 33.55,-86.52 33.53,-86.52 33.52,-86.53 33.56,-86.63 33.9,-86.46 33.83,-86.28