Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Northwestern Tuscaloosa And Northeastern Pickens Counties Through 415 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 400 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Millport to 8 miles northwest of Samantha. Movement was southwest 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... Reform, Lubbub, Shaw, Moores Bridge, North Pickens Airport, and McShan. This includes the following highways... US Highway 43 between mile markers 217 and 218. US Highway 82 between mile markers 12 and 19.
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
- Pickens County, AL
- Tuscaloosa County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~56s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32WB66R3HHFH3GJYGHFTR7Z
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b382bfcb6a9e76ce9b240b409f198e97bbebf4b3.001.1
- 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.5217
- 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 212100 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA AND NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T21:00:00-00:00...storm...066DEG...5KT...33.49,-88.04 33.48,-87.73 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Pickens County, AL
- Tuscaloosa County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001107 |
| SAME | 001125 |
| UGC | ALZ022 |
| UGC | ALZ023 |
- Polygons
- 33.53,-88.18 33.52,-87.63 33.37,-87.63 33.37,-88.21 33.53,-88.18