Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Central Marengo...Southeastern Greene...Southwestern Hale And Southeastern Sumter Counties Through 445 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 418 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Duffys Bend to near Demopolis to near Faunsdale. Movement was southwest at 10 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... Demopolis, Linden, Uniontown, Jefferson, Forkland, Thomaston, Myrtlewood, Faunsdale, Dayton, Arcola, Dug Hill, Tishabee, Freddie Jones Field, Pin Hook, Duffys Bend, Sawyerville, Miller, Coatopa, Chickasaw State Park, and U.S. 80 and AL 28. This includes the following highways... US Highway 43 between mile markers 107 and 150. US Highway 80 between mile markers 19 and 43, and between mile markers 45 and 52.
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
- Sumter County, AL
- Greene County, AL
- Hale County, AL
- Marengo County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m1s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32XC8X7EZFRG4CA10QCGVSP
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.78973a38a28494c27499920d40128e8365faeb61.001.1
- 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.5769
- 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 212118 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MARENGO...SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...SOUTHWESTERN HALE AND SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T21:18:00-00:00...storm...049DEG...11KT...32.69,-87.8 32.45,-87.82 32.41,-87.6 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Sumter County, AL
- Greene County, AL
- Hale County, AL
- Marengo County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001119 |
| SAME | 001063 |
| SAME | 001065 |
| SAME | 001091 |
| UGC | ALZ030 |
| UGC | ALZ031 |
| UGC | ALZ032 |
| UGC | ALZ039 |
- Polygons
- 32.77,-87.69 32.5,-87.68 32.45,-87.52 32.39,-87.52 32.35,-87.53 32.1,-87.73 32.25,-88.01 32.28,-88.02 32.28,-88.01 32.3,-88.0 32.3,-87.94 32.28,-87.94 32.31,-87.93 32.31,-88.08 32.63,-88.09 32.77,-87.69