Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Central Lee County Through 300 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 216 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Beans Mill to near Auburn University. Movement was southwest 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... Auburn, Opelika, Notasulga, Beauregard, Auburn University, Loachapoka, Robert G. Pitts Airport, and Chewacla State Park. This includes the following highways... Interstate 85 between mile markers 48 and 65. US Highway 280 between mile markers 101 and 106, and between mile markers 131 and 137. US Highway 431 between mile markers 138 and 140.
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
- Lee County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m4s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XHKHFKSRH2RNCW5PM2W6SN
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.27344df9bf91a8bbe49f933ba191d3a50736ffc4.001.1
- 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.2277
- 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 191916 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL LEE COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T19:16:00-00:00...storm...028DEG...12KT...32.64,-85.3 32.64,-85.54 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lee County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001081 |
| UGC | ALZ047 |
- Polygons
- 32.47,-85.29 32.47,-85.44 32.5,-85.44 32.5,-85.49 32.57,-85.65 32.69,-85.58 32.69,-85.24 32.47,-85.29