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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
633 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
ALZ021-027-028-020000-
CLAY AL-TALLADEGA AL-CLEBURNE AL-
633 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL TALLADEGA
SOUTHWESTERN CLEBURNE AND NORTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM
CDT...
AT 633 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MUNFORD, OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF TALLADEGA, MOVING 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...
TALLADEGA, MUNFORD, MOUNT CHEAHA, IRONATON, LAKE CHINNABEE, AND CAMP
MAC.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3342 8607 3352 8607 3354 8578 3339 8576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 259DEG 20KT 3348 8597
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
87/GRANTHAM
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