Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northeastern Shelby County Through 215 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 145 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Coosa Island, or 10 miles southwest of Pell City. This thunderstorm was nearly stationary.
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... Vincent, Harpersville, and Sterrett.
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
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~50s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32MKSC7CHN9R7FJF6DJ8HJY
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.405a2ac63129918ffaa92b75218ac5a02a1abbc0.001.1
- 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.1457
- 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 211845 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY THROUGH 215 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T18:45:00-00:00...storm...038DEG...1KT...33.47,-86.4 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Shelby County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001117 |
| UGC | ALZ025 |
- Polygons
- 33.5,-86.48 33.5,-86.38 33.39,-86.38 33.38,-86.37 33.34,-86.37 33.38,-86.56 33.51,-86.49 33.51,-86.48 33.5,-86.48