Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Southern Elmore...West Central Macon And Northern Montgomery Counties Through 245 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 201 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Prattville to Montgomery to near Victoryland. Movement was 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... Montgomery, Prattville, Millbrook, Wetumpka, Tallassee, Coosada, Shorter, Montgomery Zoo, Boylston, Auburn University In Montgomery, Bob Woodruff Lake, Woodcrest, Emerald Mountain, Maxwell Air Force Base, Lagoon Park, Waugh, Hunter, Alabama State University, Dannelly Field, and Eastdale Mall. This includes the following highways... Interstate 65 between mile markers 166 and 181. Interstate 85 between mile markers 1 and 25. US Highway 82 between mile markers 144 and 162, and near mile marker 179. US Highway 80 between mile markers 124 and 159.
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
- Montgomery County, AL
- Macon County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m5s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XGR3G3M8X4B6BFT2RD5VK8
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.96a2e9174e99de83fbaaf134edbd3e9506c0ac59.001.1
- 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.1834
- 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 191901 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN ELMORE...WEST CENTRAL MACON AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T19:01:00-00:00...storm...014DEG...12KT...32.45,-86.4 32.43,-86.22 32.48,-85.99 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Elmore County, AL
- Montgomery County, AL
- Macon County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001051 |
| SAME | 001101 |
| SAME | 001087 |
| UGC | ALZ043 |
| UGC | ALZ044 |
| UGC | ALZ045 |
- Polygons
- 32.31,-86.49 32.33,-86.47 32.34,-86.48 32.34,-86.5 32.35,-86.49 32.36,-86.49 32.36,-86.48 32.38,-86.46 32.41,-86.46 32.4,-86.44 32.41,-86.41 32.54,-86.41 32.51,-86.19 32.57,-85.9 32.35,-85.92 32.27,-86.26 32.31,-86.49