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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 28, 2026DeKalb County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Apr 28, 2026, 5:21 AM CDT for DeKalb County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2026, 5:21 AM CDT (10:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2026, 5:45 AM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County DeKalb County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 213 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 591 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 503 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 10.8

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 28, 12:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 12:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 5:21 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
521 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

ALZ020-281045-
Cherokee AL-
521 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY THROUGH
545 AM CDT...

At 521 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 11 miles southeast of Ider to near Geraldine.
Movement was east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Little River Canyon National Preserve, Gaylesville, Blanche, Little
River Falls, Western Weiss Lake, Broomtown, Fullerton, New Moon,
Chesterfield, and Little River Canyon NP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3424 8545 3427 8576 3434 8568 3436 8566
      3437 8563 3439 8562 3440 8563 3440 8561
      3444 8558 3446 8558 3447 8557 3449 8557
      3449 8556 3450 8556 3450 8555 3453 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 1021Z 277DEG 47KT 3459 8552 3438 8595

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

25/Owen

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 3:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah	31 min
Apr 28, 3:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	35 min
Apr 28, 5:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	DeKalb	56 min
Apr 28, 5:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	32 min
Apr 28, 8:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	37 min
Apr 28, 10:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	28 min
Apr 28, 10:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	31 min
Apr 28, 10:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	39 min
Apr 28, 10:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	37 min
Apr 28, 11:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	16 min
Apr 28, 12:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	35 min
Apr 28, 12:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	26 min
Apr 28, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	24 min
Apr 28, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	24 min
Apr 28, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	27 min
Apr 28, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	47 min
Apr 28, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	34 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.