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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
607 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025
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TUSCALOOSA AL-
607 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
THROUGH 645 PM CDT...
AT 607 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM, OR 16 MILES NORTH OF HOLT, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 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...
LAKE VIEW, ABERNANT, BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM, LAKE TUSCALOOSA, LAKE
NICOL, WILEY, HIGHWAY 69 BRIDGE, WINDHAM SPRINGS, SEXTON BEND, AND
LAKE NICOL PARK.
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 3358 8744 3348 8733 3346 8734 3346 8732
3344 8731 3344 8729 3342 8727 3339 8723
3337 8723 3336 8720 3334 8720 3334 8718
3332 8718 3332 8716 3331 8716 3331 8714
3328 8711 3329 8756 3356 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 315DEG 17KT 3346 8745
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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