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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
719 PM CST THU DEC 18 2025
ALZ011-014-190200-
WINSTON AL-MARION AL-
719 PM CST THU DEC 18 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MARION AND NORTHERN
WINSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM CST...
AT 718 PM CST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PHIL CAMPBELL, OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HALEYVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 55
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...
HAMILTON, HALEYVILLE, HACKLEBURG, ADDISON, SARDIS, BRUSHY LAKE,
NEEDMORE, MORELAND, INMANFIELD, ASHRIDGE, SMITH LAKE, BEAR CREEK,
POSEY FIELD AIRPORT, ADDISON TOWN HALL, TESSNER, UPSHAW, PEBBLE,
UPPER BEAR CREEK RESERVOIR, PIGEYE, AND SIPSEY RIVER REC AREA.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3430 8711 3419 8711 3417 8796 3431 8795
3432 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 252DEG 47KT 3429 8775
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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