Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Southwestern Talladega And Southwestern Clay Counties Through 330 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 243 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Talladega to near Childersburg. Movement was south at 20 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... Talladega, Sylacauga, Childersburg, Oak Grove, Bon Air, Winterboro, Alpine, Sycamore, Logan Martin Lake, Sylacauga Municipal Airport, Overbrook, Gantts Quarry, Hollins, Roselle, Howells Cove, and Mignon. This includes US Highway 280 between mile markers 33 and 47.
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
- Talladega County, AL
- Clay 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
- 01M32QXHS5CATFE13GVTYWVAEB
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.020835c8fbed376001fb18e485a8b36fa4eb45d0.001.1
- 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.2992
- 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 211943 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN TALLADEGA AND SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T19:43:00-00:00...storm...007DEG...19KT...33.44,-86.15 33.32,-86.3 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Talladega County, AL
- Clay County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001121 |
| SAME | 001027 |
| UGC | ALZ027 |
| UGC | ALZ028 |
- Polygons
- 33.1,-86.0 33.1,-86.01 33.11,-86.01 33.1,-86.39 33.38,-86.34 33.54,-86.16 33.1,-86.0