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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
649 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2026
ALZ023>025-034-035-010015-
CHILTON AL-BIBB AL-JEFFERSON AL-SHELBY AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-
649 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL CHILTON
SOUTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA...SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY...BIBB AND SOUTH
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM CDT...
AT 649 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ABERNANT TO NORTH BIBB TO NEAR WEST
BLOCTON TO CENTREVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BESSEMER, MONTEVALLO, BRENT, CENTREVILLE, LAKE VIEW, BROOKWOOD,
VANCE, WOODSTOCK, WEST BLOCTON, WILTON, NORTH JOHNS, TANNEHILL
IRONWORKS STATE PARK, ABERNANT, WEST CENTREVILLE, ASHBY, BRIERFIELD
IRONWORKS PARK, UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO, MERCEDES BENZ OF ALABAMA,
EOLINE, AND NORTH BIBB.
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 3341 8706 3326 8690 3311 8685 3295 8682
3283 8727 3301 8726 3316 8727 3325 8738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 248DEG 24KT 3325 8723 3319 8714 3304 8712 3297
8714
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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