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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
344 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025
ALZ038-047-012130-
LEE AL-CHAMBERS AL-
344 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN LEE AND SOUTHERN
CHAMBERS COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM CDT...
AT 342 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
LANETT, MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
OPELIKA, VALLEY, LANETT, LA FAYETTE, LAKEVIEW, CUSSETA, CHAMBERS
COUNTY LAKE, BEULAH, DENSON, BEANS MILL, HUGULEY, FAIRFAX, RIVER
VIEW, LANETT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, AND I 85 WELCOME CENTER AT LANETT.
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 3272 8512 3270 8512 3258 8521 3284 8550
3296 8526 3294 8520 3286 8519 3285 8515
3283 8517 3281 8517 3278 8512 3276 8514
3273 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 285DEG 11KT 3288 8522
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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