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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 10, 2025Hale County, Perry County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Apr 10, 2025, 10:10 PM CDT for Hale County, Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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: Apr 10, 2025, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2025, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 50

Counties Hale County, AL, Perry County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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: 406 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2184 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.7

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The text

As transmitted.

739 
WWUS84 KBMX 110310
SPSBMX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1010 PM CDT Thu Apr 10 2025
 
ALZ032-033-110400-
Hale AL-Perry AL-
1010 PM CDT Thu Apr 10 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PERRY AND HALE COUNTIES THROUGH
1100 PM CDT...

At 1010 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles southwest of
Talladega National Forest to near Evansville. Movement was southeast
at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Greensboro, Akron, Judson College, Greensboro Municipal Airport,
Morgan Springs, Selden Lock And Dam, Folsom, Sawyerville, Heiberger,
Oakmulgee, Sprott, Harper Hill, Wateroak, Marion, Ellards, Havana,
Wedgeworth, and Evansville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
central and west central Alabama.

&&

LAT...LON 3280 8782 3289 8781 3290 8777 3294 8774
      3291 8742 3288 8742 3287 8732 3283 8732
      3284 8702 3259 8705 3262 8781 3263 8775
      3266 8775 3265 8777 3266 8779 3271 8780
      3271 8783 3275 8781 3277 8783 3276 8787
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 301DEG 28KT 3277 8706 3284 8780 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

86/Martin

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	46 min
Apr 10, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair, Walker	44 min
Apr 10, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	65 min
Apr 10, 7:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	24 min
Apr 10, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne, Talladega	50 min
Apr 10, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby, Talladega, Tuscaloosa	72 min
Apr 10, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	82 min
Apr 10, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Randolph, Talladega	77 min
Apr 10, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	38 min
Apr 10, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	37 min
Apr 10, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	54 min
Apr 10, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers	49 min
Apr 10, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	38 min
Apr 10, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Talladega	16 min
Apr 10, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Tuscaloosa	45 min
Apr 10, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Talladega	34 min
Apr 10, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa, Tallapoosa	44 min
Apr 10, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Chilton	44 min
Apr 10, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	43 min
Apr 10, 9:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	67 min
Apr 10, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	46 min
Apr 10, 10:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	42 min
Apr 10, 10:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	49 min
Apr 10, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Russell	67 min
Apr 10, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Pike and 1 more	45 min
Apr 10, 11:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery	51 min
Apr 10, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	43 min
Apr 10, 11:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Pike	43 min
Apr 11, 5:02 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 5 more	3 hr
Apr 11, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	28 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.