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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
359 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2026
ALZ030-031-090930-
GREENE AL-SUMTER AL-
359 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN GREENE AND SUMTER
COUNTIES THROUGH 430 AM CDT...
AT 358 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BOYD, OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIVINGSTON, MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
DEMOPOLIS, LIVINGSTON, EUTAW, YORK, CUBA, FORKLAND, BOLIGEE,
GAINESVILLE, EPES, EMELLE, WALDEN QUARTERS, THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST
ALABAMA, THORNHILL, DUG HILL, TISHABEE, BOYD, ALLISON, BLUFFPORT,
COATOPA, AND OLD MALLARD AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3286 8836 3286 8835 3283 8782 3280 8782
3276 8787 3277 8783 3274 8780 3271 8783
3271 8780 3265 8777 3263 8781 3261 8778
3254 8780 3252 8782 3252 8791 3242 8804
3238 8804 3231 8793 3231 8794 3241 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0858Z 276DEG 35KT 3266 8833
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
25/OWEN
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