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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
648 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
ALZ027-028-020030-
CLAY AL-TALLADEGA AL-
648 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN TALLADEGA AND
NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM CDT...
AT 648 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM WINTERBORO TO NEAR FAYETTEVILLE. 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...
SYLACAUGA, OAK GROVE, WALDO, BON AIR, SYCAMORE, WINTERBORO, CHANDLER
SPRINGS, GUNTHERTOWN, MIGNON, AND VARNONS.
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 8580 3321 8597 3318 8639 3335 8627
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 259DEG 22KT 3333 8620 3316 8637
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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