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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
305 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025
ALZ027-036-012045-
TALLADEGA AL-COOSA AL-
305 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN TALLADEGA AND
NORTHERN COOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM CDT...
AT 305 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
OAK GROVE, OR NEAR SYLACAUGA. 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...
SYLACAUGA, CHILDERSBURG, WILSONVILLE, TALLADEGA SPRINGS, WEOGUFKA,
STEWARTVILLE, OAK GROVE, BON AIR, HANOVER, FAYETTEVILLE, STRICKLAND
CROSSROADS, UNITY, MARBLE VALLEY, BENTLEYVILLE, LAY LAKE, MITCHELL
LAKE, SYLACAUGA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, OVERBROOK, CEDAR CREEK, AND GANTTS
QUARRY.
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 3292 8651 3311 8649 3312 8646 3313 8646
3316 8649 3320 8648 3320 8646 3322 8646
3328 8628 3298 8610
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 337DEG 4KT 3318 8635
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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