Several systems from December into January brought moisture into much of Central Alabama. However, a good portion of southern and southwestern Central Alabama remained drier than counties to the north and south.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
Several systems from December into January brought moisture into much of Central Alabama. However, a good portion of southern and southwestern Central Alabama remained drier than counties to the north and south. As a result, Autauga and Marengo counties remained in Severe (D2) drought conditions throughout the month.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Dec 31, 10:30 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Birmingham AL 1030 PM CST Tue Dec 31 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (Tonight through Wednesday) Issued at 745 PM CST TUE DEC 31 2024 Almost the last update for 2024. The cold front has cleared the area and winds are beginning to calm down a touch. They will remain a little breezy overnight as they usher in the new year. By sunrise, the winds should be less than 7 mph. We are watching the backside of a shortwave move east-southeast. Expecting generally just some low clouds with this but can not rule out a sprinkle or two in the northeast by Midnight, The shortwave will move out by 3 am and clouds should be by sunrise as well. It will be a dry but cold start to 2025, with generally sunny skies and temperatures in the mid 40s north to mid 50s south. 16 Previous short-term discussion: (Through Wednesday) Issued at 1240 PM CST TUE DEC 31 2024 New Year's Eve. The upper low over the Ohio Valley region will open into a potent shortwave trough and swing east, becoming positioned over much of the Mid Atlantic overnight while a zonal flow pattern will persist over our area. Longwave ridging will move southeast over the Intermountain West while another shortwave trough approaches the Pacific Northwest. The occluded surface low will move northeast into Northwest Pennsylvania while the maturing surface low will move east into New Jersey overnight. The associated surface cold front will clear the area, extending offshore of the Southeast Atlantic Coast stretching across the Northern Florida Peninsula. The surface pressure gradient between low pressure to the northeast and high pressure across the Central Plains and Intermountain West will continue to support breezy northwest winds across much of the Midwest, Ohio Valley, Tennessee Valley and Deep South Regions. Look for skies to range from mostly clear across the southern third of the area to mostly cloudy skies generally near and north of the U.S. Highway 278 corridor overnight. Winds will remain breezy at times from the northwest with speeds from 7-15 mph. Low temperatures will range from near freezing northwest to the upper 30s across the southeastern third of the forecast area. New Year's Day. The mid-level flow will become a bit more northwesterly during the first day of 2025 while troughing persist over much of the Great Lakes and Northeast. The occluded low will become positioned across Northwest New York State with the surface low nearing Boston towards midday as the associated surface front pushes further offshore and stretches southwest across the southern third of the Florida Peninsula. Strong and expansive surface high pressure will become centered across the Central Plains with the surface pressure gradient relaxing as winds will persist from the north. Skies will clear through the day on Wednesday with winds from the north at 6-12 mph. High temperatures will struggle to reach into the upper 40s far north and northwest while readings will top out in the mid 50s across the southern quarter of the forecast area. 05 && .LONG TERM... (Wednesday night through next Monday) Issued at 145 PM CST TUE DEC 31 2024 Surface ridging builds into AL for Wed/Thu. Another front moves across on Fri to scrape the area, but this one is lacking enough accompanying moisture. Will continue to hold off on any pops for C AL ATTM. By the end of the forecast period, there should be enough return moisture by the latter half of the weekend on Sunday to generate some very cold rain showers ahead of yet another cold front. There are large discrepancies in temperatures ahead of this next rain event this upcoming weekend. The Euro is much warmer ahead of the front. Blend temps are trending toward this warmer scenario. Also, colder but much drier air moves in behind the front Mon afternoon/evening. Blends have not caught up with this trend and try to leave lingering precipitation behind Mon evening. After coordinating with neighbors, I'm undercutting the blend to avoid confusion. Not confident enough to mention any wintry precip in grids at this time. 08 Previous long-term discussion: (Wednesday night through next Monday) Issued at 207 AM CST TUE DEC 31 2024 Wednesday night and Thursday, high pressure over the area will slowly weaken and move east. A trough developing over the Plains will move east of the MS River Valley, bringing a boundary to the area Thursday night into Friday morning. Low and mid level winds will transition to a southwesterly direction bringing a slight increase in PW values to the southern half of the state by Thursday night. A pressure gradient should strengthen Thursday night as that front approaches, with wind shear increasing through the morning Friday. A few models are trying to hint at light precip in the far southern counties, but with lack of forcing and weak dynamics, other than some shear, have only included a slight chance of scattered light showers for now. Friday through Saturday, Northwesterly flow will set up, with a strong channel of cold and dry air moving into the state. Friday night, the low temperatures will be in the lower 20s in the north and upper 20s in the south. A few areas across the north could see wind chill values in the upper teens with light winds lingering into the morning Saturday. High pressure will prevail through Saturday, with high pressure moving across the coast through Sunday morning. At the same time, a low pressure will develop over northern TX and OK and move eastward through Sunday. Moisture will return ahead of this system with PW values expected to be around the the percentile for this time of year. A frontal boundary is expected to move through the area sometime Sunday night through Monday morning. Depending on how the low and front progresses over the southeast, cold air lingering from the previous system may allow for some wintry precip over the far northern counties. Have left mention out of the forecast for now with no accumulations expected and the low movement expected to be farther northward. Otherwise, instability will little to none, with only moderate scattered to widespread rain expected through much of the day on Monday. 24 && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1028 PM CST TUE DEC 31 2024 Wrap around stratus behind the front will slide across the north. Looks like BHM/ANB/and ASN have the best chance at seeing some MVFR tonight from 8 to 11z then lifting as the shortwave slides away. OVC skies will be seen at TCL and EET. Sunny skies will prevail, with northerly winds around 7 to 9 kts after 15z. Calmer winds after 00z. 16 && .FIRE WEATHER... For tonight through the rest of the work week, northwesterly flow will bring cool and dry air with temperatures returning to closer to normal through the week, and lower relative humidity values through Friday. Chances for wetting rains return by next weekend ahead of another front. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Gadsden 34 50 25 52 / 0 0 0 0 Anniston 34 52 28 54 / 0 0 0 0 Birmingham 35 51 30 52 / 0 0 0 0 Tuscaloosa 36 54 30 55 / 0 0 0 0 Calera 35 53 31 55 / 0 0 0 0 Auburn 36 55 32 56 / 0 0 0 0 Montgomery 36 57 32 57 / 0 0 0 0 Troy 36 57 32 58 / 0 0 0 0 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...16 LONG TERM....08 AVIATION...16
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 836 AM CST Tue Dec 31 2024 ALZ011>015-017>050-011745- Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee- Cleburne-Pickens-Tuscaloosa-Jefferson-Shelby-St. Clair-Talladega- Clay-Randolph-Sumter-Greene-Hale-Perry-Bibb-Chilton-Coosa-Tallapoosa- Chambers-Marengo-Dallas-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore-Montgomery-Macon- Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- 836 AM CST Tue Dec 31 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the National Weather Service office in Birmingham. .DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management is not expected at this time. 08
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
840 PM CST Tue Dec 31 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1150 PM Tstm Wnd Gst BJCC 33.53N 86.81W
12/28/2024 M47 MPH Jefferson AL Mesonet
Mesonet station 1849W Birmingham Protective
Stadium.
1021 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Posey Field Airport 34.28N 87.60W
12/28/2024 M44 MPH Winston AL AWOS
AWOS station K1M4 Haleyville Airport (K1M4).
1034 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Tuscaloosa Regional Air 33.22N 87.62W
12/28/2024 M44 MPH Tuscaloosa AL ASOS
ASOS station KTCL Tuscaloosa Airport (KTCL).
1155 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Birmingham Internationa 33.57N 86.75W
12/28/2024 M44 MPH Jefferson AL ASOS
ASOS station KBHM Birmingham Airport (KBHM).
1143 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Shelby County Airport 33.18N 86.78W
12/28/2024 M40 MPH Shelby AL ASOS
ASOS station KEET Shelby Co Airport (KEET).
&&Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
842 PM CST Tue Dec 31 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1210 AM Tstm Wnd Gst 4 NE Thorsby 32.96N 86.67W
12/29/2024 M40 MPH Chilton AL Mesonet
Mesonet station CW6353 Union Grove 1 SSE.
1235 AM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 SE Sylacauga Municipa 33.17N 86.30W
12/29/2024 M41 MPH Talladega AL AWOS
AWOS station KSCD Sylacauga Airport (KSCD).
1244 AM Tstm Wnd Gst Dannelly Field 32.30N 86.40W
12/29/2024 M47 MPH Montgomery AL ASOS
ASOS station KMGM Montgomery Airport (KMGM).
1245 AM Tstm Wnd Gst 2 NNW Riverside 33.63N 86.23W
12/29/2024 M40 MPH St. Clair AL Mesonet
Mesonet station AU909 Pell City 4 NE.
0126 AM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 SW Troy Muni Airport 31.85N 86.02W
12/29/2024 M44 MPH Pike AL ASOS
ASOS station KTOI Troy Airport (KTOI).
0155 AM Tstm Wnd Gst 4 NNE Society Hill 32.48N 85.42W
12/29/2024 M41 MPH Lee AL Mesonet
Mesonet station DVI05014 Society Hill.
0158 AM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 E Robert G. Pitts Air 32.62N 85.42W
12/29/2024 M49 MPH Lee AL AWOS
AWOS station KAUO Auburn Airport (KAUO).
0200 AM Tstm Wnd Gst Jordan Hare Stadium 32.60N 85.49W
12/29/2024 M54 MPH Lee AL Mesonet
Mesonet station 1760W Auburn University.
&&Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
926 PM CST Tue Dec 31 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0927 PM Tornado 3 NW Star 33.71N 88.21W
12/28/2024 Lamar AL NWS Storm Survey
NWS Storm Survey confirmed EF1 tornado with
max winds of 105 mph southwest of Vernon,
AL.
0940 PM Tornado 4 W Pine Springs 33.94N 88.22W
12/28/2024 Lamar AL NWS Storm Survey
NWS Storm Survey confirmed a brief EF0
tornado with max winds of 65 mph in far
western Lamar County.
0945 PM Tornado 1 NNE Beaverton 33.94N 88.02W
12/28/2024 Lamar AL NWS Storm Survey
NWS Storm Survey confirmed a brief EF0
tornado with max winds of 70 mph north of
Beaverton, AL.
1005 PM Tornado 2 SE Piney Grove 34.06N 87.72W
12/28/2024 Marion AL NWS Storm Survey
NWS Storm Survey confirmed a brief EF0
tornado with max winds of 75 mph near Piney
Grove, AL.
1211 AM Tornado 2 WNW Harpersville 33.36N 86.47W
12/29/2024 Shelby AL NWS Storm Survey
NWS Storm Survey confirmed a brief EF0
tornado with max winds of 80 mph near
Harpersville, AL.
1215 AM Tornado 3 ENE Clover Hill 32.01N 86.66W
12/29/2024 Lowndes AL NWS Storm Survey
NWS Storm Survey confirmed a brief EF0
tornado with max winds of 85 mph in southern
Lowndes County.
1225 AM Tornado 1 SW Coosa Island 33.46N 86.34W
12/29/2024 St. Clair AL NWS Storm Survey
NWS Storm Survey confirmed an EF0 tornado
with max winds of 85 mph near Logan Martin
Lake.
1230 AM Tornado 2 SSE Chula Vista 33.57N 86.35W
12/29/2024 St. Clair AL NWS Storm Survey
NWS Storm Survey confirmed an EF1 tornado
with max winds of 110 mph southwest of Pell
City, AL.
1239 AM Tornado 5 NW Pintlala 32.22N 86.42W
12/29/2024 Lowndes AL NWS Storm Survey
NWS Storm Survey confirmed a brief EF0
tornado with max winds of 70 mph in
northeastern Lowndes County.
1243 AM Tornado 1 SW Hope Hull 32.26N 86.37W
12/29/2024 Montgomery AL NWS Storm Survey
NWS Storm Survey confirmed an EF1 tornado
with max winds of 95 mph near Hope Hull, AL.
1253 AM Tornado 3 E Sprague 32.13N 86.22W
12/29/2024 Montgomery AL NWS Storm Survey
NWS Storm Survey confirmed an EF1 tornado
with max winds of 100 mph near Red Level,
AL.
0111 AM Tornado 2 SW Cecil 32.28N 86.04W
12/29/2024 Montgomery AL NWS Storm Survey
NWS Storm Survey confirmed a brief EF0
tornado with max winds of 80 mph near Cecil,
AL.
0118 AM Tornado 3 WSW Shorter 32.39N 85.98W
12/29/2024 Macon AL NWS Storm Survey
NWS Storm Survey confirmed a brief EF0
tornado with max winds of 75 mph near
Tysonville, AL.
0118 AM Tornado 2 S Shorter 32.38N 85.94W
12/29/2024 Macon AL NWS Storm Survey
NWS Storm Survey confirmed a brief EF0
tornado with max winds of 75 mph near
Shorter, AL.
0130 AM Tornado 3 S Reeves Airport 32.47N 85.87W
12/29/2024 Macon AL NWS Storm Survey
NWS Storm Survey confirmed a brief EF0
tornado with max winds of 85 mph near
Hornady, AL.
0131 AM Tornado 2 NNE Franklin 32.48N 85.79W
12/29/2024 Macon AL NWS Storm Survey
NWS Storm Survey confirmed a brief EF0
tornado with max winds of 60 mph near
Chewacla Creek north of Franklin, AL.
&&The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The county began January in Severe (D2) drought conditions, which persisted throughout the month.
The county began January in Severe (D2) drought conditions, which persisted throughout the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, January 2025
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1222225, 1222226.