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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
438 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025
ALZ024-025-012245-
JEFFERSON AL-SHELBY AL-
438 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SHELBY AND SOUTHEASTERN
JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM CDT...
AT 437 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BLUFF PARK, OR OVER HOOVER, MOVING SOUTH 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...
SOUTHERN BIRMINGHAM, HOOVER, VESTAVIA HILLS, ALABASTER, BESSEMER,
HOMEWOOD, PELHAM, MOUNTAIN BROOK, HELENA, HUEYTOWN, CALERA,
FAIRFIELD, CHELSEA, MONTEVALLO, COLUMBIANA, PLEASANT GROVE, MIDFIELD,
BRIGHTON, INDIAN SPRINGS VILLAGE, AND LIPSCOMB.
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 3351 8673 3312 8646 3309 8651 3307 8668
3307 8688 3305 8688 3306 8693 3308 8693
3308 8695 3310 8695 3310 8697 3316 8697
3317 8702 3351 8704
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 351DEG 11KT 3341 8685
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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