NWS Birmingham ALSV.W 0173September 19, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Lee, AL
The National Weather Service office in Birmingham issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Lee in Alabama, which was in force until 3:00 p.m. local time on September 19. It was the 173rd 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 38 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Birmingham AL
- Area
- Lee
- State
- Alabama
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:22 p.m. CDT, September 19, 2026
- Expires
- 3:00 p.m. CDT, September 19, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBMX SV.W 0173
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama since 2008Every warning type in Alabama
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The notice as issued
SVRBMX The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Lee County in east central Alabama... * Until 300 PM CDT. * At 221 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Auburn University to near Opelika, moving south at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Auburn, Opelika, Notasulga, Beauregard, Auburn University, Loachapoka, Robert G. Pitts Airport, Chewacla State Park, and Marvyn.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama since 2008621 a year
- Every warning type in Alabama
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels