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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 23, 2025Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2025, 7:56 PM CDT for Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 64 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
Mar 23, 2025, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2025, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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
Mar 23, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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 Mar 23, 6:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 6:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 23, 7:50 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion59 min
Mar 23, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarion55 min
Mar 23, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBMXFayette, Marion41 min
Mar 23, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar67 min
Mar 23, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker, Winston63 min
Mar 23, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Marion53 min
Mar 23, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker, Winston48 min
Mar 23, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens64 min
Mar 23, 11:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens, Tuscaloosa54 min
Mar 24, 12:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTuscaloosa42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2025Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025

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.