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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 25, 20264 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2026, 2:02 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 58 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 25, 2026, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2026, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fayette County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 24, 6:27 PM CDT, 19 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 6:27 PM CDT, 19 hours 35 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 1:03 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Fayette and 6 more	7 hr
Jul 25, 12:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	44 min
Jul 25, 1:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion	54 min
Jul 25, 1:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	52 min
Jul 25, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens, Tuscaloosa	51 min
Jul 25, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa	49 min
Jul 25, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	64 min
Jul 25, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, St. Clair, Shelby	67 min
Jul 25, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	48 min
Jul 25, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay, Coosa	53 min
Jul 25, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	25 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.