Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact South 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 332 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over southwestern Birmingham, moving south at 5 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... Southwestern Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Bessemer, Homewood, Fairfield, Midfield, Brighton, Lipscomb, Splash Adventure, Patton Creek, Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Ross Bridge, Bluff Park, McCalla, Shannon, and Lake Cyrus. This includes the following highways... Interstate 65 between mile markers 252 and 256. Interstate 459 between mile markers 5 and 13. Interstate 59 between mile markers 107 and 114.
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.
Affected areas
- Jefferson County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m29s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M308C5Z8WCJVQYNZV8YB83AD
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b180287a639a687fa420da29182c729079fd9d7f.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.4217
- 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 202032 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T20:32:00-00:00...storm...019DEG...6KT...33.43,-86.88 |
| maxWindGust | 40 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
- 33.46,-86.78 33.36,-86.82 33.36,-86.83 33.33,-86.83 33.33,-86.88 33.32,-86.89 33.35,-87.04 33.48,-86.91 33.46,-86.78