{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.8470e704240273ef4823fca0d42b164211df6cf4.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Weather Statement issued July 1 at 5:25PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-01","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.8470e704240273ef4823fca0d42b164211df6cf4.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Birmingham AL"},"word_count":147,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Weather Statement: Special Weather Statement issued July 1 at 5:25PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL\n\n**Severity:** Moderate\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Blount; Etowah; Calhoun; Cherokee; Cleburne; St. Clair\n**Issued by:** NWS Birmingham AL\n**Sent:** 2026-07-01T17:25:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-01T17:25:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-01T18:15:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nAt 525 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along\na line extending from Piedmont to Springville. Movement was north at\n10 mph.\n\nHAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around\nunsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is\npossible.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nGadsden, Jacksonville, Rainbow City, Oneonta, Attalla, Piedmont,\nHokes Bluff, Springville, Odenville, Glencoe, Margaret, Argo,\nAshville, Ragland, Locust Fork, Ohatchee, Steele, Allgood, Pleasant\nGap, and Gadsden Mall.\n\n## Instructions\nIf outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.\n\nA Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for\ncentral, northeastern and east central Alabama."}