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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
342 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 2026
ALZ019-025>027-035-036-252130-
CHILTON AL-CALHOUN AL-SHELBY AL-TALLADEGA AL-COOSA AL-ST. CLAIR AL-
342 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CHILTON
TALLADEGA...SOUTHWESTERN CALHOUN...SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY...EASTERN ST.
CLAIR AND NORTHWESTERN COOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM CDT...
AT 342 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ASHVILLE TO LOGAN MARTIN LAKE TO NEAR
CHILDERSBURG TO NEAR WILTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANNISTON, OXFORD, TALLADEGA, SYLACAUGA, PELL CITY, CALERA, CLANTON,
MONTEVALLO, CHILDERSBURG, COLUMBIANA, JEMISON, WILSONVILLE, TALLADEGA
SPRINGS, WEST END-COBB TOWN, STEWARTVILLE, WEOGUFKA, COBB TOWN, FORT
MCCLELLAN, SAKS, AND LINCOLN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3373 8579 3356 8577 3350 8585 3350 8590
3340 8592 3338 8598 3330 8598 3329 8612
3319 8612 3320 8617 3310 8617 3310 8615
3301 8630 3287 8659 3301 8688 3305 8688
3307 8693 3320 8652 3358 8625 3386 8629
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 292DEG 35KT 3378 8629 3354 8626 3326 8640 3308
8684
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
87/GRANTHAM
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