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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 24, 2026Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2026, 8:27 PM CDT for Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 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: Apr 24, 2026, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2026, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1409 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 Apr 24, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 7:49 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
749 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

ALZ030-250130-
Sumter AL-
749 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTY
THROUGH 830 PM CDT...

At 748 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Scooba, or 7 miles east of De Kalb, moving east at
35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size 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...
Gainesville, Panola, Geiger, and Warsaw.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3296 8835 3300 8817 3296 8816 3296 8819
      3294 8817 3294 8820 3292 8821 3291 8819
      3288 8818 3286 8816 3284 8817 3284 8818
      3282 8816 3283 8814 3281 8811 3280 8807
      3279 8811 3276 8837
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 265DEG 30KT 3279 8853

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 7:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	41 min
Apr 24, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo, Sumter	42 min
Apr 25, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.