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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
159 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025
ALZ019-021-027-028-011945-
CALHOUN AL-CLAY AL-TALLADEGA AL-CLEBURNE AL-
159 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN TALLADEGA
SOUTH
CENTRAL CALHOUN...SOUTHWESTERN CLEBURNE AND NORTH CENTRAL CLAY
COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM CDT...
AT 159 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MUNFORD, OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
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...
ANNISTON, OXFORD, COBB TOWN, WEST END-COBB TOWN, MUNFORD, HOBSON
CITY, GRANT TOWN, ANNISTON REGIONAL AIRPORT, OXFORD LAKE, BYNUM,
TALLADEGA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MOUNT CHEAHA, ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT,
EASTABOGA, CAMP MAC, JENIFER, AND LAKE CHINNABEE.
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 3347 8608 3362 8605 3367 8578 3343 8577
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 271DEG 3KT 3354 8596
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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