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WWUS84 KBMX 032119  
SPSBMX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL  
419 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025  
 
ALZ024>026-032145-  
JEFFERSON AL-SHELBY AL-ST. CLAIR AL-  
419 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SHELBY  
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON  
AND SOUTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM CDT...  
 
AT 419 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MOODY TO OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK TO NEAR  
WEST BLOCTON. 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, COLUMBIANA, HIGHWAY 145 AND CR 46, SHOPS OF GRAND  
RIVER, AMERICAN VILLAGE, WESTOVER, SHANNON, OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK,  
CAMP BRANCH, LIBERTY PARK, HOOVER VETERANS PARK, VANDIVER, ALABASTER  
VETERANS PARK, VESTAVIA HILLS, MAYLENE, CAMP WINNATASKA, HELENA,  
CHELSEA, INVERNESS, AND ST. CLAIR COUNTY AIRPORT.  
 
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 3367 8618 3359 8618 3359 8622 3354 8619  
3349 8625 3351 8628 3339 8638 3336 8634  
3329 8636 3328 8643 3319 8650 3312 8646  
3309 8651 3302 8652 3307 8661 3308 8695  
3316 8697 3317 8703 3329 8703 3369 8656  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 267DEG 25KT 3363 8652 3333 8675 3314 8710  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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