Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Southern Fayette And Southern Lamar 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 326 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles west of Belk to near Bankston. Movement was west 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... Fayette, Vernon, Millport, Berry, Kennedy, Belk, Bankston, Bedford, Crossville, Cody, Stone Wall, Richard Arthur Field, Lamar County Public Lake, Fayette County Public Lake, Bevill State College Fayette, Star, and Hightogy. This includes US Highway 43 between mile markers 224 and 226.
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
- Lamar County, AL
- Fayette 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
- 01M32TD1Q8HT0KBNCWDWFKP172
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.96a3d792f1098a7274c6876d96f2ad686a51d77d.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.4163
- 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 212026 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN FAYETTE AND SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T20:26:00-00:00...storm...104DEG...6KT...33.68,-88.03 33.61,-87.72 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lamar County, AL
- Fayette County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001075 |
| SAME | 001057 |
| UGC | ALZ012 |
| UGC | ALZ013 |
- Polygons
- 33.82,-88.24 33.73,-87.53 33.69,-87.53 33.6,-87.66 33.52,-87.68 33.59,-88.27 33.82,-88.24