Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
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Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Central Randolph County Through 600 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 518 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Woodland to near Malone. 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... Wedowee, Lake Wedowee, Woodland, Malone, Tennant, R.L. Harris Dam, Big Springs, Ofelia, and Napoleon. This includes US Highway 431 between mile markers 188 and 200.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 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
- Randolph County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~32s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XVZTEW2RNVEAAC6VY556MQ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.407191e8964b7b212d45eec3b03afbba6d552c1e.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.7709
- 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 192218 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T22:18:00-00:00...storm...073DEG...1KT...33.34,-85.37 33.21,-85.63 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Randolph County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001111 |
| UGC | ALZ029 |
- Polygons
- 33.18,-85.65 33.31,-85.65 33.31,-85.64 33.32,-85.64 33.32,-85.65 33.36,-85.65 33.43,-85.3 33.26,-85.29 33.18,-85.65