Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Northwestern Lowndes And Dallas Counties Through 400 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 309 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Marion Junction to Mulberry. Movement was 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... Selma, Selmont-West Selmont, Orrville, Benton, Bogue Chitto, Gardner Island, Tyler, Old Cahaba Park, Dallas County Horse Arena, Belknap, Dallas Lake, Memorial Stadium, Marion Junction, Burnsville, Potter Station, Dannelly Reservoir, Safford, Hazen, Craig Field Aiport, and Selma Drag Strip. This includes US Highway 80 between mile markers 61 and 100.
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
- Dallas County, AL
- Lowndes County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~35s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3070DM8WJYJX332V5GF39QN
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a61fc84f2343494a8af2ec57845b13a0e0d5a01a.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.3460
- 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 202009 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LOWNDES AND DALLAS COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T20:09:00-00:00...storm...037DEG...8KT...32.49,-87.26 32.43,-86.78 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Dallas County, AL
- Lowndes County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001047 |
| SAME | 001085 |
| UGC | ALZ040 |
| UGC | ALZ042 |
- Polygons
- 32.16,-87.28 32.18,-87.31 32.2,-87.32 32.2,-87.36 32.24,-87.39 32.25,-87.42 32.48,-87.42 32.48,-86.88 32.46,-86.86 32.44,-86.87 32.43,-86.83 32.41,-86.85 32.36,-86.81 32.34,-86.82 32.31,-86.82 32.31,-86.81 32.16,-86.82 32.16,-87.28