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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2026, 7:29 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 17, 2026, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 7:24 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Walker | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount, Cherokee, Etowah | 66 min |
| Aug 17, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 66 min |
| Aug 17, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Calhoun | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cherokee | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne, St. Clair, Talladega | 67 min |
| Aug 17, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 9:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Sumter | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Sumter | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Dallas | 51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.