Flood Advisory
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
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Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 545 PM CDT This Afternoon
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Urban area and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
West Central Lee County in east central Alabama...
When
Until 545 PM CDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Additional details
- At 248 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Auburn, Opelika, Auburn University, Chewacla State Park and Robert G. Pitts Airport.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Lee County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~31s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35AK9DKWSZJMFCC3YTHCF83
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7fa35b25810240dd35233ee1c7c2c9db82ead290.001.1
- 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.2991
- 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 | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSBMX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS84 KBMX 221948 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KBMX.FA.Y.0138.260922T1948Z-260922T2245Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T17:45:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lee County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001081 |
| UGC | ALC081 |
- Polygons
- 32.57,-85.59 32.67,-85.47 32.62,-85.35 32.5,-85.48 32.57,-85.59