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WWUS84 KBMX 181745
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1245 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
ALZ046-049-181815-
PIKE AL-BULLOCK AL-
1245 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL PIKE AND SOUTHWESTERN
BULLOCK COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM CDT...
AT 1245 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BANKS, OR 7 MILES NORTH OF BRUNDIDGE, MOVING NORTH AT 30 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...
TROY, BANKS, PICKETT, LINWOOD, TROY UNIVERSITY, BEANS CROSSROADS,
TANYARD, CHINA GROVE, SANDFIELD, MONTICELLO, PEROTE, AND JOSIE.
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.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3175 8599 3206 8599 3203 8557 3194 8562
3191 8565 3188 8566 3186 8568 3185 8568
3181 8570
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 193DEG 25KT 3183 8584
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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