Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
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Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact North Central Blount County Through 545 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 458 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Holly Pond, or 8 miles southwest of Arab. These storms were nearly stationary.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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... Blountsville, Strawberry, and Brooksville. This includes US Highway 278 between mile markers 96 and 102.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Blount County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~39s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32ZMVE0M9ZGSKGTT4C5CFRJ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e47bf97f735f0db12d71b2d2f372471bd7fbb9c7.001.1
- 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.7048
- 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 212158 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL BLOUNT COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T21:58:00-00:00...storm...297DEG...4KT...34.23,-86.6 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Blount County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001009 |
| UGC | ALZ017 |
- Polygons
- 34.21,-86.42 34.05,-86.53 34.12,-86.63 34.12,-86.6 34.14,-86.59 34.15,-86.59 34.15,-86.58 34.17,-86.57 34.19,-86.55 34.21,-86.55 34.22,-86.54 34.23,-86.52 34.25,-86.51 34.26,-86.49 34.26,-86.45 34.21,-86.42