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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 25, 2025Greene County, Pickens County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2025, 9:01 PM CDT for Greene County, Pickens County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 59 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 25, 2025, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Greene County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 25, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 100 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2025-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2131 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2025-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2131 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
949 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTalladega30 min
May 25, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Pickens51 min
May 25, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCalhoun28 min
May 25, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion63 min
May 25, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens61 min
May 25, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCleburne46 min
May 25, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLamar46 min
May 25, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker, Winston57 min
May 25, 9:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph40 min
May 25, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston20 min
May 25, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Pickens, Sumter61 min
May 25, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCalhoun31 min
May 25, 9:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXLamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa4 hr
May 25, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa61 min
May 25, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBlount55 min
May 25, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale, Marengo66 min
May 25, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph63 min
May 25, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTuscaloosa46 min
May 25, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Perry55 min
May 25, 11:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton41 min
May 26, 12:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXClay, Shelby, Talladega48 min
May 26, 12:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXAutauga, Coosa48 min
May 26, 12:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXCalhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby and 1 more3 hr
May 26, 1:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCoosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa40 min
May 26, 1:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers, Tallapoosa63 min
May 26, 2:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee, Macon, Russell55 min
May 26, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo42 min
May 26, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter67 min
May 26, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLowndes37 min
May 26, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo67 min
May 26, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRussell48 min
May 26, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Sumter43 min
May 26, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas, Perry40 min
May 26, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXAutauga51 min
May 26, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLowndes46 min
May 26, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBullock34 min
May 26, 6:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRussell39 min
May 26, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Lowndes38 min
May 26, 6:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby52 min
May 26, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Montgomery32 min
May 26, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Chilton, Shelby47 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.