Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact South Central Tallapoosa County Through 330 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 256 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Still Waters Resort to near Liberty City. Movement was south at 20 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... Tallassee, Liberty City, Still Waters Resort, Tallapoosa City, Southern Lake Martin, Yates Dam, Blue Creek Marina, Reeltown, and Yates Reservoir.
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
- Tallapoosa County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~44s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XKW5XXYCGP2JT40ZVBCA24
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3b096eaedd744dc4fd9492f6f109df830b95e385.001.1
- 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.3151
- 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 191956 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T19:56:00-00:00...storm...359DEG...17KT...32.7,-85.83 32.64,-85.71 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Tallapoosa County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001123 |
| UGC | ALZ037 |
- Polygons
- 32.7,-85.7 32.6,-85.7 32.6,-85.71 32.58,-85.72 32.58,-85.8 32.54,-85.8 32.54,-85.89 32.58,-85.89 32.78,-85.85 32.7,-85.69 32.7,-85.7