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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
500 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
ALZ011-092230-
MARION AL-
500 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY
THROUGH 530 PM CDT...
AT 500 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HACKLEBURG, OR 10 MILES NORTH OF HAMILTON, MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
HALEYVILLE, HACKLEBURG, BEAR CREEK, PIGEYE, TESSNER, AND UPPER BEAR
CREEK RESERVOIR.
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
NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3431 8770 3431 8764 3430 8763 3418 8763
3415 8764 3421 8806 3432 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 274DEG 38KT 3429 8794
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
87/GRANTHAM
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