NWS Birmingham ALSV.W 0187September 21, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Jefferson, AL
The National Weather Service office in Birmingham issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Jefferson in Alabama, which was in force until 1:45 p.m. local time on September 21. It was the 187th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Birmingham issued in 2026. Alabama had 56 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 10 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Alabama's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 45 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Birmingham AL
- Area
- Jefferson
- State
- Alabama
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:00 p.m. CDT, September 21, 2026
- Expires
- 1:45 p.m. CDT, September 21, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBMX SV.W 0187
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRBMX The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Jefferson County in central Alabama... * Until 145 PM CDT. * At 100 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ketona Lakes, or near Fultondale, moving southwest at 5 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Birmingham, Vestavia Hills, Homewood, Mountain Brook, Trussville, Gardendale, Irondale, Fairfield, Fultondale, Center Point, Pleasant Grove, Clay, Pinson, Tarrant, Adamsville, Mulga, Ketona Lakes, Birmingham Fairgounds, B.j.c.c., and Edgewater.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.