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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 19, 2026Autauga County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2026, 1:52 PM CDT for Autauga County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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 19, 2026, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2026, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Autauga County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2026-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1774 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2026-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1774 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMontgomery52 min
Jul 18, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers28 min
Jul 19, 10:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWinston43 min
Jul 19, 10:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWinston40 min
Jul 19, 11:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXChambers, Lee, Tallapoosa2 hr
Jul 19, 11:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBlount, Winston44 min
Jul 19, 11:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson, St. Clair, Walker45 min
Jul 19, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Walker42 min
Jul 19, 12:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson, St. Clair39 min
Jul 19, 12:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton47 min
Jul 19, 12:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBibb40 min
Jul 19, 12:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTuscaloosa49 min
Jul 19, 12:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBibb, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega41 min
Jul 19, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Talladega36 min
Jul 19, 12:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCherokee32 min
Jul 19, 12:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXAutauga31 min
Jul 19, 1:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton66 min
Jul 19, 1:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXAutauga, Dallas41 min
Jul 19, 1:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette33 min
Jul 19, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBibb, Chilton, Hale, Perry58 min
Jul 19, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCherokee29 min
Jul 19, 2:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDallas, Lowndes57 min
Jul 19, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXClay45 min
Jul 19, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXEtowah42 min
Jul 19, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXGreene, Hale, Marengo60 min
Jul 19, 3:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWinston44 min
Jul 19, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarion42 min
Jul 19, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarion47 min
Jul 19, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette, Lamar52 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.