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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
538 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
NORTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.
* AT 537 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKLIN
FIELD, OR 7 MILES NORTH OF UNION SPRINGS, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...BROADCAST MEDIA.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TUSKEGEE, UNION SPRINGS, HURTSBORO, MIDWAY, FRANKLIN, HAWKINSVILLE,
ABERFOIL, UCHEE, SPRING HILL, FRANKLIN FIELD, LAKE TUSKEGEE,
GUERRYTON, SHOPTON, DAVISVILLE, LIVERPOOL, RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS
COMPLEX, SEALE, COMER, HARDAWAY, AND SOCIETY HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS!
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3226 8489 3225 8492 3222 8493 3222 8497
3220 8496 3213 8506 3202 8505 3192 8510
3211 8596 3245 8583 3244 8543 3241 8543
3241 8534 3243 8533 3241 8498 3239 8497
3238 8499 3238 8497 3232 8501 3230 8494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 281DEG 35KT 3224 8575
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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