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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
421 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025
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CHILTON AL-BIBB AL-COOSA AL-ELMORE AL-
421 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ELMORE...CHILTON
SOUTHEASTERN BIBB AND WESTERN COOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM CDT...
AT 421 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MAPLESVILLE, OR 16 MILES NORTH OF VALLEY GRANDE, MOVING EAST AT 45
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...
LOMAX, LYLE, DOLLAR, GAP OF THE MOUNTAIN, STANTON, WAXAHATCHEE CREEK,
PARNELL, CLANTON, WEOGUFKA, PAINT CREEK, TITUS, STRICKLAND
CROSSROADS, I 65 REST AREA, WELONA, MARBLE VALLEY, MORIAH, VERBENA,
RANDOLPH, PLECHER, AND LAWLEY.
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.
LAT...LON 3266 8702 3284 8702 3284 8706 3287 8706
3302 8657 3302 8652 3304 8652 3310 8631
3269 8626 3268 8641 3271 8642 3271 8671
3266 8672
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 256DEG 37KT 3275 8693
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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