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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
452 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
ALZ012-092215-
LAMAR AL-
452 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY THROUGH 515
PM CDT...
AT 451 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
VERNON, MOVING EAST AT 50 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...
VERNON, BEDFORD, BLOOMING GROVE, CROSSVILLE, HIGHTOGY, AND LAMAR
COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE.
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3383 8824 3384 8795 3368 8795 3370 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 273DEG 42KT 3376 8817
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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