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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1146 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025
ALZ012-022-190545-
PICKENS AL-LAMAR AL-
1146 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN PICKENS AND SOUTHERN
LAMAR COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM CDT...
AT 1146 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM CALEDONIA TO CRAWFORD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALICEVILLE, REFORM, MILLPORT, CARROLLTON, PICKENSVILLE, KENNEDY,
ETHELSVILLE, MEMPHIS, MCMULLEN, GARDEN, BEVILL LOCK AND DAM, MCSHAN,
SHAW, GEORGE DOWNER AIRPORT, OWENS, FOREST, MACEDONIA, AND MELBORNE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3359 8827 3367 8795 3354 8795 3307 8816
3313 8833
TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 283DEG 26KT 3367 8830 3331 8860
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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