263  
WWUS84 KBMX 121915  
SPSBMX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL  
215 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
ALZ047-122000-  
LEE AL-  
215 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL LEE COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM  
CDT...  
 
AT 215 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR OPELIKA, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
AUBURN, OPELIKA, SMITHS, SMITHS STATION, BEAUREGARD, BLEECKER,  
GRIFFEN MILL, LADONIA, MONTEREY HEIGHTS, ROBERT G. PITTS AIRPORT, AND  
CHEWACLA STATE PARK.  
 
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 3251 8504 3251 8506 3247 8506 3247 8535  
3252 8549 3263 8545 3267 8536 3263 8510  
3258 8507 3255 8503 3254 8502  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 292DEG 21KT 3260 8540  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
12/ROBINSON  
 
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