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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 31, 2025Fayette County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2025, 6:39 AM CDT for Fayette County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2025, 6:39 AM CDT (11:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2025, 7:08 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Fayette County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:39 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 31, 6:41 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Nw Ashcraft Corner, ALTrees down on CR 2 and Ashcroft Corner Rd.
Mar 31, 6:45 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Sse Belk, ALTrees down on CR 1.
Mar 31, 6:49 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Wsw Stone Wall, ALTrees down on Walnut Ln Rd.
Mar 31, 7:02 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Wsw New Lexington, ALTrees down on CR 68.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 31, 4:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2025-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 443 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2025-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-219 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

499 
WFUS54 KBMX 311139
TORBMX
ALC057-311230-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0039.250331T1139Z-250331T1230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
639 AM CDT Mon Mar 31 2025

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Fayette County in west central Alabama...

* Until 730 AM CDT.

* At 639 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Kennedy, or near Millport, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* Locations impacted include...
  Bevill State College Fayette, Stone Wall, Boley Springs, Bankston,
  Richard Arthur Field, Berry, Fayette County Public Lake, Belk, and
  Fayette.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3381 8753 3369 8753 3369 8742 3360 8743
      3361 8763 3358 8763 3358 8767 3352 8767
      3353 8795 3377 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 1139Z 268DEG 36KT 3357 8797 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

25/Owen
1 follow-up statement
794 
WWUS54 KBMX 311208
SVSBMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
708 AM CDT Mon Mar 31 2025

ALC057-311218-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-250331T1230Z/
Fayette AL-
708 AM CDT Mon Mar 31 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3381 8753 3369 8753 3369 8742 3360 8743
      3361 8763 3358 8763 3358 8767 3352 8767
      3353 8795 3377 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 1206Z 268DEG 36KT 3358 8762 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 5:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion66 min
Mar 31, 6:13 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar34 min
Mar 31, 6:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Marion63 min
Mar 31, 6:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens60 min
Mar 31, 6:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWalker, Winston56 min
Mar 31, 7:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWalker48 min
Mar 31, 7:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXGreene, Sumter61 min
Mar 31, 7:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBlount, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa66 min
Mar 31, 8:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBlount27 min
Mar 31, 8:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXHale, Marengo60 min
Mar 31, 8:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBibb, Shelby56 min
Mar 31, 8:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXEtowah, St. Clair83 min
Mar 31, 8:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDallas, Perry53 min
Mar 31, 9:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton, Talladega60 min
Mar 31, 9:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXAutauga, Dallas, Lowndes63 min
Mar 31, 9:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCalhoun57 min
Mar 31, 9:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMontgomery49 min
Mar 31, 9:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXClay, Coosa, Tallapoosa56 min
Mar 31, 9:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCleburne39 min
Mar 31, 10:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXElmore, Montgomery45 min
Mar 31, 10:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRussell31 min
Mar 31, 10:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa57 min
Mar 31, 10:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBullock, Macon, Pike41 min
Mar 31, 10:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee49 min
Mar 31, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBMXLee15 min
Mar 31, 11:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBarbour, Russell51 min
Mar 31, 12:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBarbour29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.