Special Weather Statement
NWS Birmingham AL ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Central Shelby County Through 630 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 602 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Maylene, or over Alabaster, moving south at 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny 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... Hoover, Alabaster, Pelham, Helena, Calera, Chelsea, Montevallo, Columbiana, Indian Springs Village, Wilton, American Village, Oak Mountain State Park, Maylene, Oak Mountain Amphitheater, Greystone, Inverness, Highland Lakes, Riverchase, Fowler Lake, and University Of Montevallo. This includes the following highways... Interstate 65 between mile markers 227 and 248.
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
- Shelby County, AL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Birmingham AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~34s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35NRE9K660FRY0CWBYNSPJP
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.86f0a2f1e68de5270803f871bf5e97872b0c5a80.001.1
- 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.8311
- 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 222303 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-22T23:02:00-00:00...storm...013DEG...9KT...33.2,-86.85 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.75 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Shelby County, AL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001117 |
| UGC | ALZ025 |
- Polygons
- 33.52,-86.53 33.16,-86.63 33.07,-86.67 33.07,-86.79 33.1,-86.97 33.16,-86.98 33.29,-86.89 33.33,-86.85 33.33,-86.83 33.36,-86.82 33.37,-86.78 33.42,-86.75 33.42,-86.72 33.43,-86.72 33.43,-86.7 33.45,-86.69 33.45,-86.68 33.47,-86.67 33.47,-86.61 33.51,-86.57 33.52,-86.53