Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Shelby And Jefferson Counties Through 130 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 1244 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Brookside, or near Fultondale, moving southwest at 5 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Alabaster, Bessemer, Homewood, Pelham, Mountain Brook, Trussville, Helena, Hueytown, Gardendale, Irondale, Fairfield, Fultondale, Center Point, Pleasant Grove, Clay, Pinson, and Tarrant. This includes the following highways... Interstate 65 between mile markers 241 and 283. Interstate 459 between mile markers 5 and 33. Interstate 59 between mile markers 109 and 144. Interstate 20 between mile markers 131 and 138. Interstate 22 between mile markers 81 and 93. Interstate 22 between mile markers 81 and 93. US Highway 280 between mile markers 1 and 7.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. 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
- Shelby County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~36s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32H5GNBWQDV4W2Q89VDJN47
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.239a2d72a463e395449b6d9126fe09e0c7e7c568.001.1
- 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.8073
- 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 211745 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SHELBY AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T17:44:00-00:00...storm...028DEG...5KT...33.65,-86.87 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| 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
- 33.82,-86.72 33.77,-86.65 33.76,-86.54 33.72,-86.53 33.25,-86.77 33.5,-87.28 33.5,-87.26 33.53,-87.27 33.52,-87.26 33.54,-87.23 33.54,-87.22 33.55,-87.19 33.58,-87.2 33.63,-87.13 33.63,-87.1 33.65,-87.09 33.66,-87.06 33.68,-87.06 33.84,-86.82 33.82,-86.72