Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southeastern Lee And Russell Counties Through 215 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 143 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles west of Ladonia, or 10 miles southwest of Smiths, moving west at 20 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... Phenix City, Hurtsboro, Smiths, Smiths Station, Russell County Sports Complex, Uchee, Seale, Ladonia, Beauregard, Griffen Mill, Monterey Heights, Hatchechubbe, Uchee Creek, Fort Mitchell, Ladonia Sports Complex, Fort Mitchell Activity Center, Marvyn, Phenix Drag Strip, and Parkmanville. This includes the following highways... US Highway 280 between mile markers 116 and 121. US Highway 431 between mile markers 108 and 112. US Highway 80 near mile marker 114, near mile marker 115, and between mile markers 192 and 217.
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
- Lee County, AL
- Russell County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~56s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M356YWH3S922H3VADB12MV6B
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.58ff042039428ed1d627c21d3ec03f3f361d1436.001.1
- 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.1327
- 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 221844 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND RUSSELL COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-22T18:43:00-00:00...storm...109DEG...18KT...32.43,-85.2 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lee County, AL
- Russell County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001081 |
| SAME | 001113 |
| UGC | ALZ047 |
| UGC | ALZ048 |
- Polygons
- 32.25,-84.92 32.24,-84.91 32.22,-84.93 32.24,-85.43 32.32,-85.43 32.55,-85.39 32.56,-85.04 32.5,-85.0 32.45,-84.99 32.44,-84.97 32.42,-84.96 32.41,-84.98 32.39,-84.97 32.38,-84.99 32.38,-84.97 32.37,-84.99 32.33,-85.01 32.3,-84.94 32.26,-84.89 32.25,-84.92