511  
WWUS54 KBMX 271153  
SVSBMX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL  
653 AM CDT MON JUL 27 2026  
 
ALC115-117-121-271230-  
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0135.000000T0000Z-260727T1230Z/  
TALLADEGA AL-SHELBY AL-ST. CLAIR AL-  
653 AM CDT MON JUL 27 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT  
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TALLADEGA...NORTHEASTERN SHELBY AND SOUTHERN ST.  
CLAIR COUNTIES...  
 
AT 653 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VANDIVER, OR 9  
MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEEDS, MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE  
HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
SYLACAUGA, LEEDS, CHELSEA, CHILDERSBURG, COLUMBIANA, WILSONVILLE,  
VINCENT, HARPERSVILLE, WESTOVER, OAK GROVE, BON AIR, ALPINE BAY  
RESORT, VANDIVER, COOSA ISLAND, LOGAN MARTIN DAM, LOGAN MARTIN LAKE,  
STERRETT, GASTON STEAM PLANT, AND MIGNON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3319 8624 3319 8667 3350 8658 3352 8656  
3352 8654 3353 8652 3353 8646 3352 8631  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1153Z 359DEG 26KT 3345 8646  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 

 
 
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