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WWUS84 KBMX 092340
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
640 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
ALZ015-024-100030-
WALKER AL-JEFFERSON AL-
640 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL WALKER AND NORTH
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM CDT...
AT 640 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
LYNNS PARK, OR NEAR CORDOVA, MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
JASPER, GARDENDALE, SUMITON, CORDOVA, DORA, ADAMSVILLE, WARRIOR,
KIMBERLY, GRAYSVILLE, MORRIS, BROOKSIDE, SIPSEY, CARDIFF, ROCKY
HOLLOW, BURNWELL, BELOIT, LYNNS PARK, SAYRE, BARNEY, AND EMPIRE.
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
CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3385 8696 3384 8695 3382 8695 3382 8693
3384 8690 3381 8674 3360 8686 3375 8727
3389 8721
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 292DEG 30KT 3380 8716
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
87/GRANTHAM
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