Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Southeastern Cleburne 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 403 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Abernathy, or near Heflin. These storms were nearly stationary.
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... Heflin, Ranburne, Abernathy, Trickem, Lake Cleburne, and I 20 Welcome Center. This includes the following highways... Interstate 20 between mile markers 198 and 214. US Highway 431 between mile markers 210 and 211.
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
- Cleburne County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m4s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32WGX8W18M0AGEJ2VPRZ3F4
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c293ed22bfdd214f575bbb0ef5a770271fb8d546.001.1
- 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.5302
- 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 212103 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CLEBURNE COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T21:03:00-00:00...storm...045DEG...4KT...33.61,-85.48 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Cleburne County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001029 |
| UGC | ALZ021 |
- Polygons
- 33.5,-85.63 33.67,-85.63 33.69,-85.35 33.5,-85.31 33.5,-85.63