270  
WWUS84 KBMX 312323  
SPSBMX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL  
623 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2026  
 
ALZ023-034-010030-  
BIBB AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-  
623 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA AND  
WESTERN BIBB COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM CDT...  
 
AT 623 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM DEERLICK CREEK CAMPGROUNDS TO NEAR MERTZ.  
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...  
EASTERN TUSCALOOSA, BRENT, CENTREVILLE, HOLT, BROOKWOOD, COALING,  
VANCE, WEST BLOCTON, ABERNANT, WEST CENTREVILLE, LAKE WILDWOOD,  
DEERLICK CREEK CAMPGROUNDS, LOW GAP, MERTZ, EOLINE, MERCEDES BENZ OF  
ALABAMA, NORTH BIBB, COTTONDALE, EAST BROOKWOOD, AND PETERSON.  
 
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.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3332 8754 3339 8723 3337 8723 3337 8722  
3336 8721 3336 8720 3290 8707 3286 8732  
3287 8732 3287 8741 3288 8742 3300 8742  
3300 8746  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 262DEG 11KT 3329 8745 3294 8736  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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