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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
734 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
ALZ017-019-021-024-026-027-100145-
CALHOUN AL-JEFFERSON AL-TALLADEGA AL-ST. CLAIR AL-CLEBURNE AL-
BLOUNT AL-
734 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN TALLADEGA
SOUTHEASTERN BLOUNT...CALHOUN...NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...ST. CLAIR
AND CENTRAL CLEBURNE COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM CDT...
AT 734 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SUMITON TO NEAR CLAY TO NEAR HOKES BLUFF.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 45 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...
NORTHEASTERN BIRMINGHAM, ANNISTON, OXFORD, TRUSSVILLE, GARDENDALE,
PELL CITY, JACKSONVILLE, IRONDALE, LEEDS, MOODY, RAINBOW CITY,
FULTONDALE, PIEDMONT, SPRINGVILLE, ODENVILLE, HEFLIN, SUMITON, COBB
TOWN, FORT MCCLELLAN, AND SAKS.
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 3347 8583 3347 8589 3350 8585 3350 8590
3346 8591 3350 8648 3355 8648 3350 8661
3372 8704 3377 8702 3378 8678 3399 8622
3384 8605 3391 8590 3395 8588 3393 8574
3397 8574 3394 8550 3396 8540 3375 8536
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 294DEG 39KT 3371 8702 3373 8656 3406 8591
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
87/GRANTHAM
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