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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
259 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025
ALZ017-024-032100-
JEFFERSON AL-BLOUNT AL-
259 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BLOUNT AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES
THROUGH 400 PM CDT...
AT 257 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLLY POND TO NEAR DODGE
CITY TO NEAR PARRISH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNTAIN BROOK, PALMERDALE, SMOKE RISE, MULGA, NEW CASTLE, LIBERTY
PARK, BANGOR, ENSLEY, MILLER STEAM PLANT, HIGHLAND PARK GOLF COURSE,
GRANTS MILL ROAD BRIDGE, LEEDS, CHAMBLEES MILL, SNEAD, HOLLY SPRINGS,
VILLAGE SPRINGS, LOCUST FORK, BIRMINGPORT, THE SUMMIT, AND MCLARTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3410 8630 3387 8637 3382 8643 3380 8658
3372 8653 3355 8654 3355 8652 3338 8678
3352 8727 3355 8719 3361 8718 3366 8706
3380 8695 3391 8692 3397 8677 3405 8668
3409 8669 3412 8660 3425 8651 3426 8645
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 274DEG 28KT 3427 8672 3402 8692 3369 8731
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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