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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 31, 2026Autauga County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2026, 4:40 PM CDT for Autauga County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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: May 31, 2026, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2026, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 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 21:40 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 May 31, 12:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 12:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 3:44 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 4:04 PM CDT, 36 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
May 31, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	31 min
May 31, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	41 min
May 31, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	45 min
May 31, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	32 min
May 31, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	29 min
May 31, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	36 min
May 31, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	33 min
May 31, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	28 min
May 31, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Montgomery	31 min
May 31, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	29 min
May 31, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	44 min
May 31, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	26 min
May 31, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	44 min
May 31, 6:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	24 min
May 31, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	24 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.