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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
544 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 2026
ALZ023-024-292315-
JEFFERSON AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-
544 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA AND
SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM CDT...
AT 544 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ABERNANT, OR 15 MILES EAST OF HOLT, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL 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...
LAKE VIEW, BROOKWOOD, VANCE, ABERNANT, BULL CITY, EAST BROOKWOOD, AND
WELLER.
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 3329 8709 3319 8726 3334 8745 3350 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 144DEG 5KT 3331 8723
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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