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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
233 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2025
ALZ025-012015-
SHELBY AL-
233 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY
THROUGH 315 PM CDT...
AT 233 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MOUNT LAUREL, OR NEAR CHELSEA, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...
CHELSEA, WILSONVILLE, VINCENT, HARPERSVILLE, WESTOVER, HIGHLAND
LAKES, FOWLER LAKE, VANDIVER, GREYSTONE, MOUNT LAUREL, MEADOWBROOK,
LAKE PURDY, BROOK HIGHLAND, STERRETT, AND SHOAL CREEK.
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 3343 8638 3339 8638 3338 8637 3326 8647
3340 8670 3347 8664 3347 8660 3348 8659
3350 8659 3350 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 297DEG 12KT 3341 8657
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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