Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Northeastern Chilton And Southwestern Shelby Counties Through 245 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 206 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Calera, moving southeast at 10 mph.
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... Alabaster, Calera, Montevallo, Columbiana, Jemison, Thorsby, American Village, University Of Montevallo, Shelby County Airport, Lay Lake, Shelby, Minooka Park, Waxahatchee Creek, and Highway 145 and CR 46. This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 215 and 235.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. 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
- ~1m0s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32NTJDX6VPD5X835CVPH0GS
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7e8e5754d7775444f49fc873ee19718de9f9e3f0.001.1
- 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.1956
- 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 211906 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CHILTON AND SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T19:06:00-00:00...storm...326DEG...7KT...33.14,-86.74 |
| maxWindGust | 50 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
- 33.14,-86.88 33.23,-86.7 33.06,-86.51 33.06,-86.52 33.0,-86.52 32.99,-86.51 32.98,-86.51 32.97,-86.52 32.87,-86.81 33.14,-86.88