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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 4, 20254 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2025, 3:06 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 39 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
Jul 4, 2025, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2025, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chilton County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Talladega County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 2:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike44 min
Jul 4, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMontgomery33 min
Jul 4, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes, Montgomery42 min
Jul 4, 2:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCoosa38 min
Jul 4, 2:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike49 min
Jul 4, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLowndes50 min
Jul 4, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton48 min
Jul 4, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXElmore42 min
Jul 4, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDallas30 min
Jul 4, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBibb24 min
Jul 4, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton29 min
Jul 4, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Chilton, Perry52 min
Jul 4, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBibb, Jefferson43 min
Jul 4, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPerry40 min
Jul 4, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTuscaloosa50 min
Jul 4, 5:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWalker51 min

Nearby

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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.