557  
WWUS84 KBMX 020408  
SPSBMX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL  
1108 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026  
 
ALZ023>026-020500-  
JEFFERSON AL-SHELBY AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-ST. CLAIR AL-  
1108 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA  
 
NORTHWESTERN SHELBY...JEFFERSON AND WEST CENTRAL ST. CLAIR COUNTIES  
THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT...  
 
AT 1108 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR GARDENDALE TO ABERNANT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST  
AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
BIRMINGHAM, HOOVER, VESTAVIA HILLS, BESSEMER, HOMEWOOD, PELHAM,  
MOUNTAIN BROOK, TRUSSVILLE, HELENA, HUEYTOWN, GARDENDALE, IRONDALE,  
LEEDS, MOODY, FAIRFIELD, FULTONDALE, SPRINGVILLE, ODENVILLE, CENTER  
POINT, AND PLEASANT GROVE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3373 8632 3327 8686 3329 8734 3372 8692  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0408Z 273DEG 24KT 3368 8676 3331 8718  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
25/OWEN  
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