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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2025, 12:04 PM CDT for Chilton County, Coosa County, Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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 30, 2025, 12:04 PM CDT (17:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2025, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chilton County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Elmore County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:03 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 30, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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 30, 6:16 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 6:16 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 30, 3:29 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne and 8 more | 5 hr |
| May 30, 11:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 51 min |
| May 30, 11:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Elmore | 39 min |
| May 30, 12:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tallapoosa | 29 min |
| May 30, 12:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers | 31 min |
| May 30, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Elmore, Lee, Tallapoosa | 35 min |
| May 30, 1:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 33 min |
| May 30, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Montgomery | 34 min |
| May 30, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lee | 29 min |
| May 30, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Lowndes | 28 min |
| May 30, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Montgomery | 20 min |
| May 30, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Macon, Russell | 32 min |
| May 30, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 43 min |
| May 30, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock | 24 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.