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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
457 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025
ALZ020-032245-
CHEROKEE AL-
457 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CHEROKEE COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM
CDT...
AT 456 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR GAYLESVILLE TO NEAR BALL FLAT. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE 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...
COLOMA, TENNALA, CEDAR BLUFF, FULLERTON, CENTRE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT,
CHESNUT BAY RESORT, GAYLESVILLE, CENTRE, SPRING GARDEN, PLEASANT GAP,
CORNWALL FURNACE PARK, WESTERN WEISS LAKE, HOWELLS CROSSROADS,
EASTERN WEISS LAKE, FORNEY, MOSHAT, BALL FLAT, AND WATERHOUSE.
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 3397 8540 3396 8549 3394 8550 3394 8553
3396 8554 3397 8574 3399 8574 3409 8579
3434 8561 3434 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 279DEG 20KT 3428 8550 3398 8574
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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