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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1210 PM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
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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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OPELIKA, LAFAYETTE, TALLASSEE,
HAYNEVILLE, MOODY, GREENSBORO, COLUMBIANA, TALLADEGA,
CENTREVILLE, WETUMPKA, UNION SPRINGS, CARROLLTON, HAMILTON,
CENTRE, HOOVER, TROY, MARION, JASPER, SYLACAUGA, CLANTON,
ASHLAND, LIVINGSTON, DEMOPOLIS, EUFAULA, SELMA, ONEONTA, EUTAW,
SULLIGENT, VALLEY, FAYETTE, PELHAM, PRATTVILLE, FORT DEPOSIT,
LINDEN, TUSCALOOSA, TUSKEGEE, HEFLIN, VERNON, ROANOKE, ALEXANDER
CITY, PHENIX CITY, BIRMINGHAM, ALABASTER, MOUNDVILLE, ROCKFORD,
MONTGOMERY, DADEVILLE, AUBURN, GADSDEN, DOUBLE SPRINGS, LANETT,
ANNISTON, AND PELL CITY
1210 PM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
..WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...FOR THE WIND ADVISORY, NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. FOR THE FREEZE WARNING, SUB-FREEZING
TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 26 EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.
* WHEN...FOR THE WIND ADVISORY, UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. FOR THE
FREEZE WARNING, FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREES
COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT. FROST AND
FREEZE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS, OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND
POSSIBLY DAMAGE UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLUMBING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
SECURE OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.
TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF PIPES THEY SHOULD BE
WRAPPED, DRAINED, OR ALLOWED TO DRIP SLOWLY.
25/OWEN
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