Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Central Jefferson County Through 400 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 331 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over western Birmingham, moving southeast at 5 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... Birmingham, Vestavia Hills, Homewood, Mountain Brook, Fairfield, Pleasant Grove, Midfield, Adamsville, Brighton, Lipscomb, Mulga, Birmingham Fairgounds, B.j.c.c., Edgewater, Five Points South, Ensley, Legion Field, U.A.B. Campus, Samford University, and Birmingham Southern College. This includes the following highways... Interstate 65 between mile markers 254 and 264. Interstate 59 between mile markers 117 and 127. US Highway 280 between mile markers 1 and 2.
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. This storm 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
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~30s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XNVVFJX5HR69EBYJ562GZ7
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fbac74a76bd02dd396dd5eb95d2cf44e0e452c83.001.1
- 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.4346
- 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 192031 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T20:31:00-00:00...storm...336DEG...6KT...33.53,-86.87 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Jefferson County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001073 |
| UGC | ALZ024 |
- Polygons
- 33.55,-86.97 33.59,-86.84 33.47,-86.73 33.39,-86.92 33.55,-86.97