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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
206 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026
ALZ025-035-211945-
CHILTON AL-SHELBY AL-
206 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CHILTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM CDT...
AT 206 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CALERA, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 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...
ALABASTER, CALERA, MONTEVALLO, COLUMBIANA, JEMISON, THORSBY, AMERICAN
VILLAGE, UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO, SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT, LAY LAKE,
SHELBY, MINOOKA PARK, WAXAHATCHEE CREEK, AND HIGHWAY 145 AND CR 46.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 215 AND 235.
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 3314 8688 3323 8670 3306 8651 3306 8652
3300 8652 3299 8651 3298 8651 3297 8652
3287 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 326DEG 7KT 3314 8674
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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