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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
854 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
ALZ025-035-036-100245-
CHILTON AL-SHELBY AL-COOSA AL-
854 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CHILTON
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY AND NORTHWESTERN COOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM
CDT...
AT 854 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR FAYETTEVILLE TO NEAR JEMISON. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 40 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...
CALERA, JEMISON, WEOGUFKA, STEWARTVILLE, STRICKLAND CROSSROADS, LAY
LAKE DAM, UNITY, MARBLE VALLEY, MORIAH, LAY LAKE, MITCHELL LAKE,
SHELBY, MINOOKA PARK, SHELBY SHORES, WAXAHATCHEE CREEK, HIGHWAY 145
AND CR 46, PAINT CREEK, KELLEY BRANCH, AND SPRING CREEK.
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 AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3287 8639 3303 8687 3315 8658 3314 8647
3312 8646 3310 8649 3310 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 278DEG 34KT 3319 8638 3299 8672
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
87/GRANTHAM
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