Drought conditions continued through November, especially across the southern half of Central Alabama, where several counties remained all or in part in D2 to D3 drought. Modest rainfall during the month held drought conditions steady, with little improvement or deterioration in conditions through the entire month.
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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.
Drought conditions continued through November, especially across the southern half of Central Alabama, where several counties remained all or in part in D2 to D3 drought. Modest rainfall during the month held drought conditions steady, with little improvement or deterioration in conditions through the entire 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 Oct 31, 11:22 PM CST, 38 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Birmingham AL 1222 AM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 1211 AM CDT SAT NOV 1 2025 - Below average temperatures are expected to continue into early next week. - Frost development is expected to occur again Saturday morning. A Frost Advisory has been issued from 3 AM to 9 AM Saturday morning to account for this activity. && .DISCUSSION... (This afternoon through next Wednesday) Issued at 1148 AM CDT FRI OCT 31 2025 The weather story for the next week will remain this colder weather, as the next reinforcing trough is expected to work into the region by Sunday. This trough will first move into the region as a longwave, before becoming closed off over the Tennessee River Valley while continuing to drop SE. Rain chances will only slightly increase in our north zones by Sunday morning, with only lingering showers expected into the afternoon hours. Winds will quickly swing back around to the north during this timeframe, with that aforementioned push of reinforcing cold air advection following right behind it. Afternoon highs will generally only drop a few degrees, but overnight lows should fall back into the mid to upper-30s by Monday morning. However, a surface ridge will begin building along the Gulf Coast by Tuesday, allowing temperatures to begin rebounding to a more seasonable feel by the middle of the new workweek. /44/ && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1211 AM CDT SAT NOV 1 2025 VFR conditions will continue through the forecast period with clear skies and variable winds. Some river fog may drift over the terminal at TCL for a short period of time before daybreak, but overall no major impacts are expected. 56/GDG && .FIRE WEATHER... MinRH values will drop into the low and middle 30 percent range roughly along and southeast of the I-59 corridor this afternoon, but winds will remain very light or variable. Slightly higher moisture values are forecast over the northern half of Alabama on Sunday with a chance for some light showers but no wetting rainfall is anticipated. A prolonged period of rain free conditions along with mild to warm daytime temperatures will lead to considerable surface drying and RH values dropping into the 30s areawide by Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Gadsden 65 43 59 36 / 0 10 50 10 Anniston 66 44 61 39 / 0 10 40 20 Birmingham 65 46 59 39 / 0 10 40 10 Tuscaloosa 67 45 61 39 / 0 10 20 10 Calera 68 45 62 39 / 0 10 30 10 Auburn 66 45 66 42 / 0 0 20 20 Montgomery 68 44 68 39 / 0 10 20 20 Troy 68 42 68 39 / 0 0 10 20 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Frost Advisory until 9 AM CDT this morning for the following counties: Blount-Calhoun-Cherokee-Clay-Cleburne-Etowah-Fayette- Jefferson-Lamar-Marion-Randolph-Shelby-St. Clair-Talladega- Walker-Winston. && DISCUSSION.../44/ AVIATION...56/GDG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
19 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Marengo County remained in at least Severe (D2) drought through the month of November, with most of the county classified as Extreme (D3).
Most of Dallas County remained in at least Severe (D2) drought through the month of November.
Hale County remained in Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) drought through the month of November.
Bibb County remained in Severe (D2) drought through the month of November.
Northern and eastern areas of Sumter County remained in Severe (D2) drought through the month of November.
Greene County remained in Severe (D2) drought through the month of November.
Perry County remained in Severe (D2) drought through the month of November. Areas of Extreme (D3) were removed early in the month.
The southern half of Tuscaloosa County remained in Severe (D2) drought through the month of November.
The southwestern half of Shelby County remained in Severe (D2) drought through the month of November.
The western half of Chilton County remained in Severe (D2) drought through the month of November.
Much of Tallapoosa County remained in Severe (D2) drought through the month of November.
Much of Lowndes County remained in Severe (D2) drought through the month of November.
Much of Montgomery County remained in Severe (D2) drought through the month of November.
Parts of Lee County remained in Severe (D2) drought through the month of November.
Macon County remained in Severe (D2) drought through the month of November.
Russell County remained in Severe (D2) drought through the month of November.
Bullock County remained in Severe (D2) drought through the month of November.
Pike County remained in Severe (D2) drought through the month of November.
Barbour County remained in Severe (D2) drought through the month of November, with southern portions being upgraded to Extreme (D3) by late 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, November 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: 1295990, 1295991, 1295993, 1295995, 1295996, 1295998, 1295999, 1296004, 1296005, 1296006, 1296007, 1296008, 1296009, 1296010, 1296011, 1296012, 1296013, 1296014, 1296016.