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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 25, 2025Autauga County, Dallas County, Elmore County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT for Autauga County, Dallas County, Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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
Jun 25, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2025, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Autauga County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 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
Jun 25, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2025-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4159 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2025-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
4159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 25, 9:01 PM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 9:01 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 12:13 PM CDT, 9 hours 47 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1213 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025

ALZ011>015-017>050-262015-
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-
1213 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight.

There is a Level 1 to 2 out of 5 risk of severe storms today from 2
pm to 10 pm for all but far northwest Central Alabama with the
greatest risk generally along and southeast of a line from Anniston
to Selma. Damaging winds to 60 mph and quarter size hail are the
primary hazards.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

There is a Level 1 out of 5 risk of severe storms Thursday afternoon
and evening for all of Central Alabama. Damaging winds to 60 mph is
the primary risk.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed
this afternoon and evening.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLowndes28 min
Jun 25, 7:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPerry28 min
Jun 25, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCleburne36 min
Jun 25, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPerry37 min
Jun 25, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike35 min
Jun 25, 8:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPerry38 min
Jun 25, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike37 min
Jun 25, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLowndes, Montgomery55 min
Jun 25, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBarbour37 min
Jun 25, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb43 min
Jun 25, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Pike52 min
Jun 25, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas, Lowndes, Montgomery55 min
Jun 25, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Macon, Russell60 min
Jun 25, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXAutauga, Elmore47 min
Jun 25, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo67 min
Jun 25, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Hale, Marengo, Perry62 min
Jun 25, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMacon45 min
Jun 25, 10:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRussell41 min
Jun 25, 10:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBibb, Hale53 min
Jun 25, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBullock, Russell67 min
Jun 25, 11:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBibb, Greene, Shelby, Sumter, Tuscaloosa57 min
Jun 26, 12:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens, Tuscaloosa62 min
Jun 26, 12:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTalladega33 min
Jun 26, 12:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph25 min
Jun 26, 1:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers59 min
Jun 26, 1:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLamar, Marion57 min
Jun 26, 1:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers, Lee, Tallapoosa66 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.