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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
611 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
ALZ025-027-012345-
SHELBY AL-TALLADEGA AL-
611 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN TALLADEGA AND EAST
CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM CDT...
AT 611 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM VINCENT TO NEAR WILSONVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 30 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...
TALLADEGA, SYLACAUGA, CHILDERSBURG, COLUMBIANA, WILSONVILLE, VINCENT,
HARPERSVILLE, BON AIR, ALPINE BAY RESORT, WINTERBORO, ALPINE,
SYCAMORE, LOGAN MARTIN DAM, LOGAN MARTIN LAKE, AND GASTON STEAM
PLANT.
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 3322 8619 3319 8660 3343 8644 3344 8638
3340 8638 3341 8634 3345 8631 3349 8609
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 259DEG 25KT 3338 8643 3321 8652
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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