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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Birmingham, AL

September 19, 2026Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2026, 4:34 PM CDT for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 19 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 19, 2026, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2026, 4:53 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Tallapoosa County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2026-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1106 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2026-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1282 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 1:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXElmore51 min
Sep 19, 1:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXEtowah48 min
Sep 19, 1:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWalker44 min
Sep 19, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTuscaloosa38 min
Sep 19, 1:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMacon35 min
Sep 19, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah30 min
Sep 19, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee, Macon25 min
Sep 19, 1:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton35 min
Sep 19, 2:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXElmore44 min
Sep 19, 2:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton18 min
Sep 19, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee44 min
Sep 19, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee38 min
Sep 19, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell47 min
Sep 19, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby26 min
Sep 19, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell38 min
Sep 19, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBibb28 min
Sep 19, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton37 min
Sep 19, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby36 min
Sep 19, 2:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTallapoosa34 min
Sep 19, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby42 min
Sep 19, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson38 min
Sep 19, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson36 min
Sep 19, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBullock33 min
Sep 19, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson29 min
Sep 19, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCoosa27 min
Sep 19, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson38 min
Sep 19, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour, Pike52 min
Sep 19, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike42 min
Sep 19, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Shelby28 min
Sep 19, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPerry34 min
Sep 19, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Perry20 min
Sep 19, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCoosa43 min
Sep 19, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTallapoosa40 min
Sep 19, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Pike40 min
Sep 19, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXClay23 min
Sep 19, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour31 min
Sep 19, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby30 min
Sep 19, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPerry38 min
Sep 19, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSt. Clair46 min
Sep 19, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTalladega38 min
Sep 19, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Talladega51 min
Sep 19, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike28 min
Sep 19, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene11 min
Sep 19, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby, Talladega32 min
Sep 19, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo44 min
Sep 19, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph42 min
Sep 19, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTalladega27 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.