Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact East Central Walker And North Central Jefferson Counties Through 345 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 306 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Dora, moving south at 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Sumiton, Cordova, Dora, Adamsville, Graysville, Brookside, West Jefferson, Cardiff, Rocky Hollow, Burnwell, Beloit, Quinton, Sayre, Barney, Empire, Birmingport, and Miller Steam Plant. This includes the following highways... Interstate 22 between mile markers 73 and 88. Interstate 22 between mile markers 73 and 88.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 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
- Walker County, AL
- Jefferson County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~15s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XMFEHK7XWDV79YMQZA49QC
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c2e2001653716a40f6e1abcc976447c35994ff6b.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.3502
- 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 192007 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL WALKER AND NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T20:06:00-00:00...storm...339DEG...8KT...33.72,-87.06 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Walker County, AL
- Jefferson County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001127 |
| SAME | 001073 |
| UGC | ALZ015 |
| UGC | ALZ024 |
- Polygons
- 33.76,-87.18 33.81,-87.01 33.63,-86.88 33.55,-87.11 33.76,-87.18