Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Eastern Blount And Northwestern Etowah Counties Through 600 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 516 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Snead to Cleveland. These storms were nearly stationary.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Oneonta, Blountsville, Cleveland, Altoona, Snead, Susan Moore, Walnut Grove, Allgood, Fairview, Nectar, Rosa, McLarty, Highland Lake, Easley, Chamblees Mill, Gallant, Fowler Spring, and Hendrix. This includes US Highway 278 between mile markers 103 and 116.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Affected areas
- Blount County, AL
- Etowah County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m11s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M330PSFK8PYHJY8DP23Q9B2G
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bcfde3e06e799ca4688b277ea324e8b9e5addde3.001.1
- 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.7657
- 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 212216 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN BLOUNT AND NORTHWESTERN ETOWAH COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T22:16:00-00:00...storm...311DEG...3KT...34.11,-86.38 34.01,-86.58 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Blount County, AL
- Etowah County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001009 |
| SAME | 001055 |
| UGC | ALZ017 |
| UGC | ALZ018 |
- Polygons
- 34.1,-86.3 34.14,-86.24 33.97,-86.24 33.97,-86.25 33.99,-86.27 33.98,-86.29 33.93,-86.33 33.86,-86.51 34.03,-86.72 34.03,-86.7 34.05,-86.71 34.06,-86.7 34.05,-86.68 34.07,-86.69 34.12,-86.63 34.04,-86.53 34.21,-86.42 34.1,-86.3