Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Central Bibb County Through 315 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 247 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near West Blocton, or 11 miles north of Centreville, 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... West Blocton, Hebron, Marvel, and Six Mile.
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
- Bibb County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~50s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XKBWD1J37QT3T09E9BBP5P
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.89ede03c4cfd7e851ee4c9e49ba6147efbca26a5.001.1
- 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.3024
- 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 191947 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL BIBB COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T19:47:00-00:00...storm...017DEG...9KT...33.12,-87.06 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Bibb County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001007 |
| UGC | ALZ034 |
- Polygons
- 33.2,-87.09 33.18,-87.03 33.17,-87.03 33.17,-87.0 33.16,-87.0 33.16,-86.97 32.98,-87.0 33.02,-87.21 33.2,-87.09