Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact North Central Shelby...East Central Jefferson And Southwestern St. Clair Counties Through 515 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 429 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Barber Motorsports Park to Margaret. Movement was southeast 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... Eastern Birmingham, Trussville, Irondale, Leeds, Moody, Springville, Odenville, Margaret, Argo, Bald Rock, Shops of Grand River, Alton, Barber Motorsports Park, Branchville, Lake Purdy, Grants Mill Road Bridge, Chula Vista, Birmingham Race Course, and Camp Winnataska. This includes the following highways... Interstate 459 between mile markers 28 and 33. Interstate 59 between mile markers 136 and 139, and between mile markers 144 and 148. Interstate 20 between mile markers 135 and 155.
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.
Affected areas
- Jefferson County, AL
- Shelby County, AL
- St. Clair County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m5s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XS7498B873NNJY75BRMDH8
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aca3b70220e0e55887c81f95f3bf4dbb4427883e.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.6159
- 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 192129 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL SHELBY...EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T21:29:00-00:00...storm...320DEG...8KT...33.55,-86.64 33.7,-86.44 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Jefferson County, AL
- Shelby County, AL
- St. Clair County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001073 |
| SAME | 001117 |
| SAME | 001115 |
| UGC | ALZ024 |
| UGC | ALZ025 |
| UGC | ALZ026 |
- Polygons
- 33.42,-86.6 33.62,-86.31 33.74,-86.48 33.57,-86.7 33.42,-86.6