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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
809 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025
ALZ023-030>032-030215-
GREENE AL-HALE AL-SUMTER AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-
809 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA
GREENE...HALE AND CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM CDT...
AT 809 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR EVANSVILLE, OR NEAR EUTAW, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...
GREENSBORO, AKRON, ENGLEWOOD, RALPH, BELMONT, MAXWELL, MOUNDVILLE
AIRPORT, EUTAW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MOUND STATE PARK, THORNHILL,
MCFARLAND MALL, ELLIOTS CREEK, EPES, BIRDINE, HARPER HILL, OLIVER
LOCK AND DAM, CLINTON, TAYLORVILLE, SAWYERVILLE, AND KNOXVILLE.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL, SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3309 8796 3312 8793 3315 8784 3318 8784
3323 8764 3315 8740 3289 8742 3250 8770
3251 8773 3252 8773 3252 8782 3255 8783
3254 8785 3253 8784 3260 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 221DEG 27KT 3286 8782
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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