Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
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Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Southeastern Pickens County Through 530 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 453 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Carrollton. These storms were nearly stationary.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size 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... Carrollton, Johnston Lake, and Dillburg.
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
- Pickens County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~26s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32ZB9QDXMFB5142GHVXW4MK
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6a0c3e481fd23ba08852ebe67f6df3627e38011a.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.6795
- 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 212153 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T21:53:00-00:00...storm...007DEG...2KT...33.27,-88.03 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Pickens County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001107 |
| UGC | ALZ022 |
- Polygons
- 33.28,-88.1 33.27,-87.89 33.13,-87.9 33.12,-87.91 33.12,-87.93 33.11,-87.93 33.11,-87.94 33.12,-88.13 33.28,-88.1