Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
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Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Northwestern Perry And Northeastern Hale 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 400 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Mertz to near Heiberger. Movement was southwest at 15 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... Greensboro, Heiberger, Morgan Springs, Harper Hill, Wateroak, and Folsom.
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
- Hale County, AL
- Perry County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m15s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M309Z1J6W82MV6JJYCTEJV6R
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c20a13137f1e753b557df3477ff4f38abb2ed003.001.1
- 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.4982
- 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 202100 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN PERRY AND NORTHEASTERN HALE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T21:00:00-00:00...storm...060DEG...11KT...32.88,-87.45 32.78,-87.37 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Hale County, AL
- Perry County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001065 |
| SAME | 001105 |
| UGC | ALZ032 |
| UGC | ALZ033 |
- Polygons
- 32.94,-87.44 32.92,-87.42 32.88,-87.42 32.87,-87.38 32.74,-87.26 32.59,-87.49 32.82,-87.69 32.94,-87.44