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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1127 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025
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MARION AL-
1127 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY
THROUGH 1215 PM CDT...
AT 1127 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
WESTON, OR NEAR HAMILTON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
PIGEYE, SHOTTSVILLE, WESTON, HAMILTON, BEXAR, AND RANKIN FITE
AIRPORT.
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 3431 8783 3405 8806 3405 8807 3412 8817
3432 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 1627Z 213DEG 17KT 3420 8803
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
87/GRANTHAM
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