Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
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Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Northwestern Perry And Southwestern Bibb Counties Through 430 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 356 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Mertz, or 11 miles southwest of Brent. These storms were nearly stationary.
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... Mertz and Ellards.
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
- Perry County, AL
- Bibb County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m3s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XQAMF9VMFKB93N3H34KG8Y
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aae8b6ef6eb139954e8601d84fd84412ce5485aa.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.4980
- 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 192056 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN PERRY AND SOUTHWESTERN BIBB COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T20:56:00-00:00...storm...345DEG...3KT...32.85,-87.34 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Perry County, AL
- Bibb County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001105 |
| SAME | 001007 |
| UGC | ALZ033 |
| UGC | ALZ034 |
- Polygons
- 32.83,-87.42 32.91,-87.42 32.95,-87.31 32.79,-87.2 32.75,-87.42 32.83,-87.44 32.83,-87.42