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Heat Advisory 13, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 15, 20258 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this heat advisory at Aug 15, 2025, 11:29 PM CDT for 8 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Aug 16, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 2025, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 16, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 19, 2025, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL

Counties Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Aug 15, 6:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 6:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 12:32 AM CDT, 22 hours 57 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1232 AM CDT Fri Aug 15 2025

ALZ011>015-017>050-160845-
Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee-
Cleburne-Pickens-Tuscaloosa-Jefferson-Shelby-St. Clair-Talladega-
Clay-Randolph-Sumter-Greene-Hale-Perry-Bibb-Chilton-Coosa-Tallapoosa-
Chambers-Marengo-Dallas-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore-Montgomery-Macon-
Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour-
1232 AM CDT Fri Aug 15 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the
National Weather Service office in Birmingham.

.DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management is not
expected at this time.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 1:42 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 20 more7 hr

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Alabama, 2025Every heat advisory in 2025

Sources

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