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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
924 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
ALZ035>037-100300-
CHILTON AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-COOSA AL-
924 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL CHILTON
WEST CENTRAL
TALLAPOOSA AND COOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM CDT...
AT 924 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR HATCHET TO NEAR GAP OF THE MOUNTAIN.
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...
ALEXANDER CITY, CLANTON, JEMISON, ROCKFORD, KELLYTON, WEOGUFKA,
EQUALITY, THORSBY, JACKSONS' GAP, HANOVER, LYLE, PENTONVILLE, DOLLAR,
BRADFORD, GAP OF THE MOUNTAIN, COTTAGE GROVE, BENTLEYVILLE, MORIAH,
NIXBURG, AND SPEED.
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 3275 8591 3275 8595 3277 8597 3275 8597
3275 8632 3277 8632 3277 8634 3275 8634
3275 8641 3273 8642 3294 8688 3295 8688
3305 8630 3294 8577
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 285DEG 36KT 3305 8614 3288 8665
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
87/GRANTHAM
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