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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
755 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
ALZ012-020130-
LAMAR AL-
755 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY THROUGH 830
PM CDT...
AT 755 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF VERNON TO STEENS. 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...
MILLPORT, KENNEDY, HIGHTOGY, CODY, MELBORNE, AND STAR.
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 3371 8826 3372 8824 3370 8795 3353 8795
3354 8828
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 280DEG 20KT 3367 8812 3356 8831
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
87/GRANTHAM
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