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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
410 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025
ALZ018-012200-
ETOWAH AL-
410 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ETOWAH COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM
CDT...
AT 410 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER REECE CITY, OR NEAR GADSDEN, MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
GADSDEN, RAINBOW CITY, ATTALLA, HOKES BLUFF, GLENCOE, SARDIS CITY,
STEELE, WALNUT GROVE, REECE CITY, AURORA, BALLPLAY, GADSDEN MALL,
NOCCALULA FALLS, NEELY HENRY LAKE, SOUTHSIDE, GADSDEN STEAM PLANT,
MOUNTAINBORO, ROCKLEDGE, NORTHSIDE, AND GADSDEN WATER WORKS.
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 3412 8584 3411 8580 3406 8578 3391 8593
3392 8593 3391 8597 3386 8600 3387 8602
3384 8606 3386 8605 3387 8607 3386 8610
3390 8611 3390 8614 3393 8617 3396 8617
3399 8621 3407 8628 3418 8612
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 297DEG 7KT 3408 8607
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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