Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Northeastern Marengo...Southern Perry...Southeastern Hale And Central Dallas Counties Through 400 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 314 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Greensboro to near Uniontown to near Valley Grande. Movement was south at 5 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... Selma, Valley Grande, Marion, Greensboro, Uniontown, Selmont-West Selmont, Newbern, Faunsdale, Bogue Chitto, Vaiden, Old Cahaba Park, Dallas County Horse Arena, Greensboro Municipal Airport, Paul M Grist State Park, Memorial Stadium, Marion Junction, Potter Station, Sawyerville, Radford, and Hazen. This includes US Highway 80 between mile markers 42 and 88.
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
- Marengo County, AL
- Dallas County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m2s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32SQ4H4D8N6AHZK2VFX5QGE
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d8b55674592b2d9df59c1d619a7f614a283be087.001.1
- 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.3984
- 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 212014 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MARENGO...SOUTHERN PERRY...SOUTHEASTERN HALE AND CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T20:14:00-00:00...storm...349DEG...5KT...32.75,-87.58 32.51,-87.51 32.55,-87.06 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Hale County, AL
- Perry County, AL
- Marengo County, AL
- Dallas County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001065 |
| SAME | 001105 |
| SAME | 001091 |
| SAME | 001047 |
| UGC | ALZ032 |
| UGC | ALZ033 |
| UGC | ALZ039 |
| UGC | ALZ040 |
- Polygons
- 32.68,-87.79 32.9,-87.6 32.69,-87.46 32.61,-86.98 32.31,-86.99 32.33,-87.6 32.58,-87.76 32.59,-87.74 32.61,-87.75 32.61,-87.78 32.64,-87.8 32.64,-87.75 32.66,-87.75 32.65,-87.78 32.65,-87.79 32.68,-87.79