Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Northwestern Marengo...Greene And Sumter Counties Through 545 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 503 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Benevola to near Myrtlewood. Movement was west 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, Livingston, Eutaw, York, Cuba, Jefferson, Forkland, Boligee, Union, Gainesville, Epes, Myrtlewood, Emelle, Panola, West Greene, The University Of West Alabama, Thornhill, Dug Hill, Tishabee, and New West Greene. This includes the following highways... Interstate 59 between mile markers 2 and 44. US Highway 43 between mile markers 146 and 160. US Highway 80 between mile markers 2 and 34.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. 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
- Marengo County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m17s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32ZZ5HNYFVM0S1ZGMKN8V1A
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.74789fd073f23cd67b3a7627f7c126d04f2ab8b7.001.1
- 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.7191
- 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 212203 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MARENGO...GREENE AND SUMTER COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T22:03:00-00:00...storm...076DEG...7KT...33.08,-88.02 32.28,-87.89 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Sumter County, AL
- Greene County, AL
- Marengo County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001119 |
| SAME | 001063 |
| SAME | 001091 |
| UGC | ALZ030 |
| UGC | ALZ031 |
| UGC | ALZ039 |
- Polygons
- 32.97,-88.27 33.05,-88.06 33.04,-88.04 33.05,-88.04 33.1,-87.91 32.24,-87.81 32.25,-88.01 32.28,-88.02 32.3,-87.98 32.3,-87.94 32.28,-87.94 32.31,-87.93 32.31,-88.41 32.97,-88.27