Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southeastern Winston County Through 430 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 355 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Nesmith, or 7 miles northeast of Arley, moving 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... Arley, Addison, Sardis, Nesmith, Smith Lake, Falls City, Helicon, Inmanfield, Addison Town Hall, Mill Branch, Panther Branch, Addison Municipal Airport, and Cutoff Branch. This includes US Highway 278 between mile markers 55 and 61.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 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
- Winston County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~32s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32W19RW2ZW17K54ZBRH735K
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f4e9b6a60816697bf8d45542878a5538d389e39a.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.4991
- 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 212055 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T20:55:00-00:00...storm...356DEG...5KT...34.18,-87.14 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Winston County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001133 |
| UGC | ALZ014 |
- Polygons
- 34.07,-87.11 34.05,-87.27 34.26,-87.19 34.27,-87.11 34.07,-87.11