Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact West Central Shelby And South Central Jefferson Counties Through 345 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 303 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Splash Adventure to near Helena. Movement was south at 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Alabaster, Bessemer, Helena, Splash Adventure, Maylene, McCalla, Siluria, Promenade Tannehill, Bessemer Airport, Lake Cyrus, Bent Brook Golf Club, and McAdory. This includes the following highways... Interstate 459 between mile markers 1 and 8. Interstate 59 between mile markers 105 and 111.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 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. These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
Affected areas
- Jefferson County, AL
- Shelby County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~45s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XM913QTW5P1T8N2TNNGXS1
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.52df13aa8cad8eac9ebb9374f22391b1a3576701.001.1
- 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.3424
- 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 192003 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL SHELBY AND SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T20:03:00-00:00...storm...339DEG...8KT...33.38,-86.99 33.25,-86.94 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Jefferson County, AL
- Shelby County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001073 |
| SAME | 001117 |
| UGC | ALZ024 |
| UGC | ALZ025 |
- Polygons
- 33.41,-86.92 33.21,-86.81 33.18,-87.01 33.25,-87.03 33.26,-87.03 33.41,-87.09 33.41,-86.92