Warning Vector

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

NWS Birmingham AL ยท US

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Details

Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued September 19 At 3:37PM CDT Until September 19 At 4:15PM CDT By NWS Birmingham AL

Event
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued
Onset
Message expires
Expected end
Category
Meteorological
Urgency
Immediate
Severity
Severe
Certainty
Observed
Response
Shelter

Description

Overview

SVRBMX The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Jefferson County in central Alabama... * Until 415 PM CDT. * At 337 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over western Birmingham, moving southeast at 5 mph.

Hazard

60 mph wind gusts.

Source

Radar indicated.

Impacts

Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted

Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Bessemer, Homewood, Mountain Brook, Fairfield, Pleasant Grove, Midfield, Brighton, Lipscomb, Birmingham Fairgounds, B.j.c.c., Edgewater, Five Points South, Ensley, Bluff Park, Legion Field, U.A.B. Campus, and Samford University.

Instructions

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Affected areas

  • Jefferson County, AL

Public contact

Issuer
NWS Birmingham AL

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~40s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
New
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M2XP74MYXDZWZG9T5SS7ZZY1
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a7938e727138db1107f9239ad067329a75c9dfc1.001.1
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.4442
WMO heading
XOUS54
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography
United States (US)
WMO bulletin number
54

Event codes

NameValue
SAMESVR
NationalWeatherServiceSVW

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierSVRBMX
WMOidentifierWUUS54 KBMX 192037
eventMotionDescription2026-09-19T20:37:00-00:00...storm...336DEG...5KT...33.5,-86.88
windThreatRADAR INDICATED
maxWindGust60 MPH
hailThreatRADAR INDICATED
maxHailSizeUp to .75
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
EAS-ORGWXR
VTEC/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0176.260919T2037Z-260919T2115Z/
eventEndingTime2026-09-19T16:15:00-05:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Jefferson County, AL
NameValue
SAME001073
UGCALC073
Polygons
33.43,-86.7 33.43,-86.72 33.42,-86.72 33.36,-86.92 33.53,-86.97 33.58,-86.83 33.43,-86.7