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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2025, 5:19 PM CDT for Fayette County, Tuscaloosa 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
- Jul 29, 2025, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2025, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fayette County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Jul 29, 1:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 1:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 234 AM CDT Tue Jul 29 2025 ALZ011>015-017>050-301045- 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- 234 AM CDT Tue Jul 29 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the National Weather Service office in Birmingham. .DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 29, 12:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cleburne | 51 min |
| Jul 29, 2:32 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Dallas, Fayette and 15 more | 3 days |
| Jul 29, 2:32 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Dallas, Fayette and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tallapoosa | 23 min |
| Jul 29, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock | 38 min |
| Jul 29, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Etowah | 24 min |
| Jul 29, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Macon | 33 min |
| Jul 29, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cherokee | 31 min |
| Jul 29, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Macon | 28 min |
| Jul 29, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Perry | 34 min |
| Jul 29, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Perry | 32 min |
| Jul 29, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Clay | 33 min |
| Jul 29, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 29 min |
| Jul 29, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Perry | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cleburne | 25 min |
| Jul 29, 6:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Perry | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Hale | 49 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.