Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southwestern Lamar County 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 420 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Steens, or 10 miles west of Millport. This thunderstorm was nearly stationary.
Hazard
Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Melborne.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Lamar County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~37s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32XF6NVTX7YW81G9JXX0M6S
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0385115ab32bada9f1e39010ccbca7ce75652a23.001.1
- 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.5779
- 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 212120 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN LAMAR COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T21:20:00-00:00...storm...000DEG...3KT...33.61,-88.26 |
| maxWindGust | 55 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lamar County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001075 |
| UGC | ALZ012 |
- Polygons
- 33.66,-88.26 33.67,-88.26 33.67,-88.15 33.53,-88.16 33.53,-88.27 33.66,-88.26