898  
WWUS84 KBMX 012116  
SPSBMX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL  
416 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2025  
 
ALZ025-035-036-012200-  
CHILTON AL-SHELBY AL-COOSA AL-  
416 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2025  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CHILTON  
SOUTH  
CENTRAL SHELBY AND WEST CENTRAL COOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM CDT...  
 
AT 416 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
LAY LAKE DAM, OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALLADEGA SPRINGS, MOVING EAST  
AT 10 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...  
MARBLE VALLEY, LAY LAKE, LAY LAKE DAM, MITCHELL LAKE, WAXAHATCHEE  
CREEK, HIGHWAY 145 AND CR 46, SPRING CREEK, AND PAINT 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 3295 8662 3309 8662 3310 8651 3301 8641  
3290 8643  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 280DEG 7KT 3300 8655  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
87/GRANTHAM  
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