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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
217 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2025
ALZ047-048-011945-
LEE AL-RUSSELL AL-
217 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL LEE AND NORTH
CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM CDT...
AT 217 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SMITHS STATION, OR OVER SMITHS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
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...
PHENIX CITY, SMITHS, SMITHS STATION, LADONIA, BLEECKER, GOAT ROCK
LAKE, MONTEREY HEIGHTS, AND LADONIA SPORTS COMPLEX.
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 3247 8500 3243 8512 3260 8517 3264 8509
3263 8508 3262 8509 3262 8508 3258 8507
3252 8501 3248 8499
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 337DEG 4KT 3255 8510
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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