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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
630 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025
ALZ018-020-026-030015-
ETOWAH AL-ST. CLAIR AL-CHEROKEE AL-
630 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ETOWAH
NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR
AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM CDT...
AT 630 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF SUMMERVILLE TO NEAR TENNALA TO
NEELY HENRY LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 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...
WEISS DAM, GADSDEN STEAM PLANT, HOKES BLUFF, YELLOW CREEK FALLS,
CHEROKEE ROCK VILLAGE, SPRING GARDEN, PLEASANT GAP, CORNWALL FURNACE
PARK, COBB CITY, ATTALLA, GADSDEN WATER WORKS, EASTERN WEISS LAKE,
FORNEY, GLENCOE, CRUDUP, GADSDEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, KEENER, CENTRE
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SLACKLAND, AND CHESNUT BAY RESORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL, NORTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3396 8540 3394 8552 3396 8554 3397 8574
3393 8574 3396 8584 3394 8590 3391 8590
3391 8597 3386 8600 3384 8607 3377 8605
3374 8610 3380 8629 3412 8604 3420 8591
3420 8584 3424 8584 3437 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 289DEG 27KT 3435 8534 3409 8572 3384 8606
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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