Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Elmore County Through 215 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 123 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms extending from near Eclectic to near Jordan Lake. Movement was south at 10 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... Prattville, Millbrook, Wetumpka, Elmore, Coosada, Deatsville, Eclectic, Santuck, Weoka Mills, Emerald Mountain, Jordan Lake, Ten Cedar Estates, Blue Ridge, Dexter, Bob Woodruff Lake, Kowaliga Bridge, Western Lake Martin, Claud, Holtville, and Wetumpka Municipal Airport. This includes the following highways... Interstate 65 between mile markers 177 and 181. US Highway 82 between mile markers 144 and 145, and near mile marker 179.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. 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
- Elmore County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~36s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XEKFF0NTBGJFV9T2P6TTW1
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a77c91f2e80370634e097a1cae63e516d5c9c88b.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.610
- 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 191824 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ELMORE COUNTY THROUGH 215 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T18:23:00-00:00...storm...007DEG...11KT...32.66,-86.07 32.61,-86.28 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Elmore County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001051 |
| UGC | ALZ043 |
- Polygons
- 32.56,-86.41 32.69,-86.38 32.74,-85.97 32.42,-86.07 32.42,-86.12 32.43,-86.13 32.43,-86.15 32.44,-86.17 32.43,-86.19 32.45,-86.18 32.45,-86.2 32.5,-86.24 32.5,-86.26 32.49,-86.26 32.47,-86.29 32.49,-86.31 32.44,-86.32 32.41,-86.31 32.43,-86.35 32.41,-86.41 32.56,-86.41