{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.039966ac96a00d07123876b5fd5594d9f4a959af.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Weather Statement issued September 12 at 5:42PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-09-12","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.039966ac96a00d07123876b5fd5594d9f4a959af.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Birmingham AL"},"word_count":165,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Weather Statement: Special Weather Statement issued September 12 at 5:42PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL\n\n**Severity:** Moderate\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Jefferson\n**Issued by:** NWS Birmingham AL\n**Sent:** 2026-09-12T17:42:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-09-12T17:42:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-09-12T18:15:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nAt 541 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong\nthunderstorms over Brighton, or over Fairfield, moving east at 20\nmph.\n\nHAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around\nunsecured objects.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nSouthern Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Bessemer, Homewood,\nMountain Brook, Hueytown, Fairfield, Pleasant Grove, Midfield,\nBrighton, Lipscomb, Mulga, Birmingham Fairgounds, Edgewater, Five\nPoints South, Ensley, Bluff Park, Legion Field, and U.A.B. Campus.\n\nThis includes the following highways...\nInterstate 65 between mile markers 249 and 260.\nInterstate 459 between mile markers 1 and 24.\nInterstate 59 between mile markers 101 and 125.\n\n## Instructions\nFrequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.\nLightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe\nshelter inside a building or vehicle."}