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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 29, 2025Lamar County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2025, 9:03 PM CDT for Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 29, 2025, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2025, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lamar County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2568 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

885 
WUUS54 KBMX 300203
SVRBMX
ALC075-300245-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0252.250730T0203Z-250730T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
903 PM CDT Tue Jul 29 2025

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Lamar County in west central Alabama...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 902 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sulligent,
  moving south at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Vernon, Sulligent, Detroit, Bedford, Star, Pine Springs, and Lamar
  County Public Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3404 8821 3404 8816 3365 8810 3365 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 357DEG 19KT 3390 8822 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

32/JDavis

2 follow-up statements

778 
WWUS54 KBMX 300214
SVSBMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
914 PM CDT Tue Jul 29 2025

ALC075-300245-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-250730T0245Z/
Lamar AL-
914 PM CDT Tue Jul 29 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY...

At 914 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bedford, or
near Sulligent, moving south at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Vernon, Sulligent, Bedford, Lamar County Public Lake, and Star.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3394 8822 3390 8815 3365 8810 3365 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 357DEG 19KT 3384 8822 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

32/JDavis

375 
WWUS54 KBMX 300229
SVSBMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
929 PM CDT Tue Jul 29 2025

ALC075-300245-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-250730T0245Z/
Lamar AL-
929 PM CDT Tue Jul 29 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY...

At 929 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bedford, or
near Vernon, moving south at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Bedford, Star, and Lamar County Public Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3387 8823 3385 8818 3365 8812 3365 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 357DEG 19KT 3376 8821 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

32/JDavis

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	26 min
Jul 29, 7:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Perry	2 hr
Jul 29, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	53 min
Jul 29, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	45 min
Jul 29, 8:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	26 min
Jul 29, 8:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	40 min
Jul 29, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	39 min
Jul 29, 11:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	27 min
Jul 29, 11:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	25 min
Jul 30, 1:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah	24 min
Jul 30, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	25 min
Jul 30, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	29 min
Jul 30, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair	36 min
Jul 30, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	48 min
Jul 30, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	27 min
Jul 30, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	27 min
Jul 30, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	26 min
Jul 30, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	25 min
Jul 30, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	25 min
Jul 30, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	33 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.