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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
420 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2025
ALZ024-012145-
JEFFERSON AL-
420 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY
THROUGH 445 PM CDT...
AT 419 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
EASTERN BIRMINGHAM, MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
EASTERN BIRMINGHAM, VESTAVIA HILLS, MOUNTAIN BROOK, IRONDALE, LEEDS,
SHOPS OF GRAND RIVER, ALTON, BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK, CAHABA HEIGHTS,
LAKE PURDY, BROOK HIGHLAND, GRANTS MILL ROAD BRIDGE, BIRMINGHAM RACE
COURSE, RUFFNER MOUNTAIN, AND LIBERTY PARK.
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 3357 8655 3355 8654 3355 8652 3353 8652
3352 8654 3352 8655 3350 8659 3348 8659
3347 8661 3347 8667 3345 8668 3345 8669
3348 8678 3359 8674
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 280DEG 12KT 3353 8670
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
87/GRANTHAM
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