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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
542 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025
ALZ025-012330-
SHELBY AL-
542 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY
THROUGH 630 PM CDT...
AT 542 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ALABASTER, 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...
HOOVER, ALABASTER, PELHAM, HELENA, CALERA, CHELSEA, MONTEVALLO,
COLUMBIANA, INDIAN SPRINGS VILLAGE, WILTON, AMERICAN VILLAGE, OAK
MOUNTAIN STATE PARK, MAYLENE, OAK MOUNTAIN AMPHITHEATER, UNIVERSITY
OF MONTEVALLO, SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT, LAY LAKE, SHELBY, JOE TUCKER
PARK, AND HIGHWAY 145 AND CR 46.
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 3309 8651 3307 8651 3306 8652 3304 8652
3303 8658 3306 8660 3306 8662 3307 8661
3307 8688 3305 8688 3306 8693 3308 8693
3308 8695 3333 8688 3333 8683 3334 8683
3338 8668
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 356DEG 8KT 3322 8676
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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