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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
328 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2026
ALZ035-036-040-041-043-070915-
CHILTON AL-AUTAUGA AL-DALLAS AL-COOSA AL-ELMORE AL-
328 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN AUTAUGA
NORTHWESTERN
ELMORE...SOUTHERN CHILTON...NORTHEASTERN DALLAS AND SOUTHWESTERN
COOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 415 AM CDT...
AT 328 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PAUL M GRIST STATE PARK, OR NEAR VALLEY GRANDE, MOVING EAST AT 65
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PENNY 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...
CLANTON, DEATSVILLE, BILLINGSLEY, LYLE, PENTONVILLE, VIDA JUNCTION,
PARNELL, TITUS, WELONA, TEN CEDAR ESTATES, DEXTER, VERBENA, PLECHER,
SPEED, MARBURY, PAUL M GRIST STATE PARK, WEOKA MILLS, JORDAN LAKE,
HIGGINS FERRY PARK, AND POOLES CROSSROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 3266 8702 3270 8702 3292 8626 3262 8614
3253 8689 3253 8699
TIME...MOT...LOC 0828Z 255DEG 58KT 3261 8698
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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