Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact North Central Chilton And South Central Shelby Counties Through 445 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 415 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Calera, moving southwest 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... Alabaster, Pelham, Calera, Montevallo, Shelby County Airport, American Village, Minooka Park, Camp Branch, Saddle Lake Farms, and Saginaw. This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 221 and 237.
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
- Shelby County, AL
- Chilton County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~33s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XRCGKJXPAH5VA6EF9WGAQV
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b7abbfe0fdbc92c227ee4c0e0ae4f4e795b2bc26.001.1
- 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.5761
- 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 192115 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL CHILTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T21:15:00-00:00...storm...035DEG...7KT...33.13,-86.73 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Shelby County, AL
- Chilton County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001117 |
| SAME | 001021 |
| UGC | ALZ025 |
| UGC | ALZ035 |
- Polygons
- 33.25,-86.79 33.19,-86.64 32.99,-86.69 33.07,-86.87 33.25,-86.79