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WWUS84 KBMX 012122  
SPSBMX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL  
422 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025  
 
ALZ022-012200-  
PICKENS AL-  
422 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY THROUGH  
500 PM CDT...  
 
AT 422 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
REFORM, MOVING SOUTH 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...  
REFORM, CARROLLTON, PICKENSVILLE, ETHELSVILLE, OWENS, NORTH PICKENS  
AIRPORT, AND MCSHAN.  
 
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 3350 8819 3349 8798 3320 8795 3322 8827  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 004DEG 10KT 3343 8810  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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