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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
501 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
ALZ019-026-027-012245-
CALHOUN AL-TALLADEGA AL-ST. CLAIR AL-
501 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN TALLADEGA
SOUTHWESTERN CALHOUN AND SOUTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES THROUGH 545
PM CDT...
AT 501 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR RIVERSIDE TO NEAR LOGAN MARTIN LAKE.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 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...
ANNISTON, OXFORD, PELL CITY, COBB TOWN, WEST END-COBB TOWN, SAKS,
LINCOLN, RIVERSIDE, MUNFORD, HOBSON CITY, TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY,
BLUE MOUNTAIN, HARRISBURG, TALLADEGA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GRANT TOWN,
LOGAN MARTIN LAKE, HONDA MANUFACTURING OF ALABAMA, BYNUM, JACKSON
SHOALS, AND JENIFER.
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 3375 8582 3352 8588 3347 8634 3365 8632
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 252DEG 22KT 3367 8615 3353 8628
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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