Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northeastern Macon 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 140 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Tuskegee National Forest, or near Notasulga, moving 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... Tuskegee, Tuskegee National Forest, Lake Tuskegee, and I 85 Rest Area. This includes the following highways... Interstate 85 between mile markers 41 and 46. US Highway 80 between mile markers 175 and 184.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. 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
- Macon County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~19s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XFG8H09554GS2ZEASZC88D
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.57bb2ac8eeb1ed023785a8e6fe20507cc88cc009.001.1
- 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.1167
- 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 191840 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY THROUGH 215 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T18:40:00-00:00...storm...011DEG...10KT...32.48,-85.59 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Macon County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001087 |
| UGC | ALZ045 |
- Polygons
- 32.51,-85.65 32.52,-85.54 32.34,-85.52 32.35,-85.71 32.51,-85.65