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WWUS84 KBMX 291346
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
846 AM CDT WED APR 29 2026
ALZ030-031-291430-
GREENE AL-SUMTER AL-
846 AM CDT WED APR 29 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN GREENE AND CENTRAL
SUMTER COUNTIES THROUGH 930 AM CDT...
AT 846 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PORTERVILLE, OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DE KALB, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LIVINGSTON, FORKLAND, BOLIGEE, EPES, EMELLE, BOYD, WALDEN QUARTERS,
THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA, BLUFFPORT, THORNHILL, DUG HILL,
TISHABEE, BELMONT, DEMOPOLIS LOCK AND DAM, SUMTERVILLE, MCDOWELL,
FIVE POINTS INTERSECTION, PAYNEVILLE, AND BIRDINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3276 8837 3275 8781 3273 8781 3272 8783
3271 8783 3271 8781 3255 8783 3254 8785
3252 8784 3252 8791 3249 8794 3255 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 1346Z 274DEG 38KT 3267 8849
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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