Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Northwestern Tuscaloosa County 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 254 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Boley Springs to near Deerlick Creek Campgrounds. Movement was west 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... Bankhead Lock And Dam, Samantha, Binion Creek Landing, Tierce Pattton Bridge, Lake Nicol, Lake Tuscaloosa, Whitson, Wiley, Highway 69 Bridge, Windham Springs, and New Lexington. This includes US Highway 43 between mile markers 204 and 222.
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
- Tuscaloosa County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~38s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32RHS0C0NTTM5XB7CA7H747
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0d599379abe0f5bcb3ba16d7b63a2532393c7047.001.1
- 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.3183
- 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 211954 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T19:54:00-00:00...storm...093DEG...7KT...33.57,-87.46 33.34,-87.46 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Tuscaloosa County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001125 |
| UGC | ALZ023 |
- Polygons
- 33.58,-87.66 33.58,-87.63 33.6,-87.63 33.59,-87.32 33.52,-87.32 33.51,-87.31 33.49,-87.31 33.49,-87.33 33.47,-87.34 33.45,-87.33 33.45,-87.31 33.44,-87.31 33.31,-87.32 33.32,-87.68 33.58,-87.66