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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
538 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
ALZ018-172315-
ETOWAH AL-
538 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL ETOWAH COUNTY THROUGH
615 PM CDT...
AT 538 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
NOCCALULA FALLS, OR OVER GADSDEN, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GADSDEN, RAINBOW CITY, ATTALLA, HOKES BLUFF, GLENCOE, REECE CITY,
BALLPLAY, GADSDEN MALL, NOCCALULA FALLS, NEELY HENRY LAKE, SOUTHSIDE,
GADSDEN STEAM PLANT, BIG WILLS CREEK, CRUDUP, GADSDEN MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT, ROCKLEDGE, COBB CITY, NORTHSIDE, GADSDEN WATER WORKS, AND
WILSONIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3406 8577 3400 8575 3394 8579 3396 8584
3395 8585 3395 8588 3394 8590 3391 8590
3391 8593 3392 8593 3392 8595 3391 8597
3389 8597 3389 8599 3388 8599 3402 8620
3417 8607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 299DEG 10KT 3404 8604
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
25/OWEN
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