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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
153 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2025
ALZ022-023-011945-
PICKENS AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-
153 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA AND
SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM CDT...
AT 153 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK TO 6 MILES NORTH
OF CARROLLTON. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...
TUSCALOOSA, NORTHPORT, GORDO, REFORM, CARROLLTON, COKER, MCFARLAND
MALL, BENEVOLA, LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK, TUSCALOOSA AMPHITHEATER,
BRYANT DENNY STADIUM, TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL AIRPORT, UNIVERSITY MALL,
FLATWOODS, STILLMAN COLLEGE, KIRK, ECHOLA, OLIVER LOCK AND DAM,
ELROD, AND MCSHAN.
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 3339 8827 3338 8773 3315 8742 3313 8760
3313 8783 3315 8784 3314 8786 3312 8793
3309 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 311DEG 19KT 3334 8777 3335 8813
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
87/GRANTHAM
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