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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
445 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025
ALZ025>027-032215-
SHELBY AL-TALLADEGA AL-ST. CLAIR AL-
445 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT TALLADEGA
SHELBY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ST. CLAIR COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM CDT...
AT 445 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR VANDIVER TO NEAR CHELSEA TO NEAR WEST
BLOCTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 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...
COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES, ALPINE BAY RESORT, COLUMBIANA, SHELBY SHORES,
GANTTS QUARRY, HIGHWAY 145 AND CR 46, CHILDERSBURG, AMERICAN VILLAGE,
WESTOVER, CAMP BRANCH, ALABASTER VETERANS PARK, MAYLENE, VARNONS,
CHELSEA, MIGNON, SYLACAUGA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CEDAR CREEK, OAK GROVE,
WILTON, AND ALPINE.
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 3340 8592 3338 8598 3330 8600 3330 8612
3319 8612 3320 8617 3315 8617 3310 8626
3310 8649 3309 8651 3302 8652 3302 8655
3307 8661 3307 8688 3305 8688 3310 8697
3316 8697 3329 8671 3351 8645 3347 8590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 278DEG 22KT 3348 8643 3328 8665 3307 8705
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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