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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 18, 2025Chambers County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2025, 7:39 AM CDT for Chambers County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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: May 18, 2025, 7:39 AM CDT (12:39 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2025, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chambers County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 18, 7:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 17, 6:54 PM CDT, 12 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 6:54 PM CDT, 12 hours 45 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 3:11 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Elmore and 8 more	6 hr
May 18, 5:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	45 min
May 18, 5:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	42 min
May 18, 5:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Walker	56 min
May 18, 5:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	31 min
May 18, 5:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	42 min
May 18, 5:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	27 min
May 18, 6:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	52 min
May 18, 6:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	48 min
May 18, 6:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	46 min
May 18, 6:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Talladega	39 min
May 18, 6:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair, Talladega	51 min
May 18, 6:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	37 min
May 18, 6:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Clay, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	46 min
May 18, 6:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	50 min
May 18, 7:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	2 hr
May 18, 7:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, St. Clair and 2 more	61 min
May 18, 8:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	82 min
May 18, 11:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	45 min
May 18, 12:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	43 min
May 18, 12:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	45 min
May 18, 1:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	44 min
May 18, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	43 min
May 18, 1:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	39 min
May 18, 1:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	3 hr
May 18, 2:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	108 min
May 18, 2:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Clay, Shelby, Talladega	3 hr
May 18, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.