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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
719 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2026
ALZ024-025-034-035-010045-
CHILTON AL-BIBB AL-JEFFERSON AL-SHELBY AL-
719 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL CHILTON
SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY...EASTERN BIBB AND SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM CDT...
AT 719 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM TANNEHILL IRONWORKS STATE PARK TO NEAR
TALLADEGA NATIONAL FOREST. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTEVALLO, WEST BLOCTON, WILTON, ASHBY, BRIERFIELD IRONWORKS PARK,
UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO, TALLADEGA NATIONAL FOREST, NORTH BIBB,
RANDOLPH, TRIO, BENT BROOK GOLF CLUB, MARVEL, SIX MILE, HEBRON,
BESSEMER AIRPORT, AND DOGWOOD.
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 3324 8712 3322 8712 3322 8710 3325 8708
3325 8707 3328 8707 3328 8709 3329 8709
3329 8712 3330 8712 3334 8692 3289 8680
3287 8704 3324 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 275DEG 16KT 3323 8706 3294 8698
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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