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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
739 PM CDT MON AUG 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.
* AT 739 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IDER TO NEAR SARDIS CITY,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GADSDEN, PIEDMONT, HOKES BLUFF, CENTRE, CEDAR BLUFF, LITTLE RIVER
CANYON NATIONAL PRESERVE, FORNEY, CENTRE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT,
GLENCOE, SARDIS CITY, LEESBURG, REECE CITY, SAND ROCK, GAYLESVILLE,
CHEROKEE ROCK VILLAGE, PLEASANT GAP, CORNWALL FURNACE PARK,
BLANCHE, EASTERN WEISS LAKE, AND SLACKLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3397 8540 3396 8549 3394 8550 3397 8574
3393 8574 3396 8584 3394 8590 3391 8590
3391 8593 3418 8618 3419 8611 3420 8610
3420 8584 3424 8584 3426 8577 3436 8566
3437 8563 3444 8558 3449 8557 3453 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 321DEG 29KT 3461 8558 3424 8607
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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