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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
657 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
ALZ017-018-020-100115-
ETOWAH AL-BLOUNT AL-CHEROKEE AL-
657 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN BLOUNT
ETOWAH AND
CHEROKEE COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM CDT...
AT 657 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM SECTION TO NEAR BLOUNTSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS 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...
GADSDEN, RAINBOW CITY, ONEONTA, ATTALLA, PIEDMONT, HOKES BLUFF,
CENTRE, CEDAR BLUFF, BLOUNTSVILLE, CLEVELAND, LITTLE RIVER CANYON
NATIONAL PRESERVE, FORNEY, CENTRE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GLENCOE, SARDIS
CITY, STEELE, LEESBURG, ALTOONA, SNEAD, AND SUSAN MOORE.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL, NORTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3452 8551 3396 8540 3394 8553 3397 8574
3393 8574 3396 8584 3391 8593 3394 8617
3399 8620 3399 8628 3396 8631 3401 8665
3423 8643 3410 8630 3418 8619 3420 8584
3424 8584 3426 8577 3437 8563 3453 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 283DEG 31KT 3459 8595 3406 8655
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
87/GRANTHAM
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