Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Autauga And Western Chilton Counties Until 745 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 714 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Chilton County Motor Sports Park, or 9 miles south of Jemison, moving southeast at 25 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... Clanton, Jemison, Thorsby, Maplesville, Billingsley, Pooles Crossroads, Plecher, Chilton County Motor Sports Park, Isabella, Lomax, Stanton, Dawson Mill, Cooper and New Prospect. This includes the following highways... US Highway 82 between mile markers 101 and 122. Interstate 65 between mile markers 195 and 208...and between mile markers 215 and 216.
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. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Chilton County, AL
- Autauga County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~22s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35ST351PTXGTWWB2T0BTSVN
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8c0b1e6e8a15954b49296b611375f676bc7dd99f.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.439
- 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 230014 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN AUTAUGA AND WESTERN CHILTON COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-23T00:13:00-00:00...storm...334DEG...19KT...32.84,-86.79 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Chilton County, AL
- Autauga County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001021 |
| SAME | 001001 |
| UGC | ALZ035 |
| UGC | ALZ041 |
- Polygons
- 32.66,-86.88 32.84,-86.94 32.84,-86.88 32.91,-86.88 32.98,-86.69 32.67,-86.47 32.54,-86.83 32.66,-86.88