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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
405 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025
ALZ020-032200-
CHEROKEE AL-
405 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CHEROKEE COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM
CDT...
AT 405 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM HENAGAR TO NEAR FYFFE TO NEAR AURORA. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLOMA, WEISS DAM, TENNALA, LEESBURG, YELLOW CREEK FALLS, CHEROKEE
ROCK VILLAGE, SPRING GARDEN, LITTLE RIVER CANYON NATIONAL PRESERVE,
PLEASANT GAP, CORNWALL FURNACE PARK, BLANCHE, EASTERN WEISS LAKE,
LITTLE RIVER FALLS, FORNEY, CEDAR BLUFF, FULLERTON, NEW MOON, CENTRE
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SLACKLAND, AND CHESNUT BAY RESORT.
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 3396 8540 3396 8549 3394 8550 3394 8553
3396 8554 3397 8574 3410 8580 3413 8580
3411 8584 3424 8584 3424 8581 3426 8581
3426 8577 3436 8566 3437 8563 3440 8563
3444 8558 3449 8557 3453 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 284DEG 34KT 3461 8574 3440 8586 3411 8614
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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