781  
WWUS84 KBMX 022356  
SPSBMX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL  
656 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025  
 
ALZ024-025-034-030045-  
BIBB AL-JEFFERSON AL-SHELBY AL-  
656 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SHELBY  
NORTHEASTERN BIBB AND  
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM CDT...  
 
AT 656 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7  
MILES NORTHWEST OF WILTON, OR 8 MILES WEST OF MONTEVALLO, MOVING  
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...  
COLUMBIANA, AMERICAN VILLAGE, WESTOVER, OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK, CAMP  
BRANCH, HOOVER VETERANS PARK, ALABASTER VETERANS PARK, MAYLENE,  
HELENA, CHELSEA, INVERNESS, GRANTS MILL ROAD BRIDGE, CAHABA HEIGHTS,  
BRIERFIELD IRONWORKS PARK, WILTON, PATTON CREEK, WILSONVILLE, HOOVER  
METROPOLITAN STADIUM, UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO, AND WEST BLOCTON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR  
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3335 8635 3334 8637 3329 8636 3327 8641  
3328 8643 3325 8643 3323 8647 3307 8676  
3307 8688 3300 8688 3296 8696 3316 8718  
3350 8667  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 233DEG 36KT 3314 8699  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
12/ROBINSON  
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