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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
446 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025
ALZ020-012230-
CHEROKEE AL-
446 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CHEROKEE COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM
CDT...
AT 445 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
WESTERN WEISS LAKE, OR NEAR CENTRE, 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...
CENTRE, CEDAR BLUFF, CENTRE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, FORNEY, LEESBURG, SAND
ROCK, GAYLESVILLE, TENNALA, SLACKLAND, CHEROKEE ROCK VILLAGE,
PLEASANT GAP, CORNWALL FURNACE PARK, WESTERN WEISS LAKE, EASTERN
WEISS LAKE, MOSHAT, BALL FLAT, COLOMA, WEISS DAM, FULLERTON, AND
YELLOW CREEK FALLS.
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 3435 8548 3397 8540 3396 8542 3396 8555
3397 8574 3400 8574 3410 8580 3412 8579
3413 8581 3411 8584 3424 8584 3424 8581
3425 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 351DEG 11KT 3421 8571
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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