Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Southeastern Blount And Northern St. Clair Counties Through 630 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 546 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Oneonta, moving south at 15 mph.
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... Springville, Odenville, Margaret, Ashville, Ragland, Steele, Highland Lake, Whitney Junction, Alabama International Dragway, St. Clair Springs, Caldwell, Horse Pens Forty, I 59 Rest Areas At Oneonta, and Camp Sumatanga. This includes Interstate 59 between mile markers 155 and 174.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 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
- ~53s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M332D5X252HD80KSY1N30FRC
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.be0aba2f738ab0a6124f064b3cf2ef4628c8fd91.001.1
- 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.8473
- 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 212246 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BLOUNT AND NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T22:46:00-00:00...storm...351DEG...14KT...33.93,-86.36 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| 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
- 33.98,-86.19 33.97,-86.18 33.72,-86.14 33.67,-86.47 33.88,-86.44 33.94,-86.35 33.94,-86.33 33.99,-86.28 33.99,-86.27 33.97,-86.27 33.97,-86.25 33.99,-86.22 33.98,-86.19