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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1202 PM CDT MON AUG 24 2026
ALZ040-241745-
DALLAS AL-
1202 PM CDT MON AUG 24 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY THROUGH
1245 PM CDT...
AT 1201 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ORRVILLE, OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNIONTOWN.
STORMS ARE ALSO DEVELOPING ALONG THE DALLAS AND WILCOX COUNTY LINE.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORRVILLE, BELKNAP, BOGUE CHITTO, DALLAS LAKE, OLD CAHABA PARK,
DANNELLY RESERVOIR, CENTRAL MILLS, TILDEN, WHITES BLUFF, CARLOWVILLE,
SAFFORD, HAZEN, MINTER, AND CRUMPTONIA.
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 3208 8719 3212 8726 3214 8725 3215 8728
3217 8729 3216 8730 3220 8732 3220 8736
3224 8739 3224 8742 3231 8745 3231 8742
3239 8742 3244 8733 3224 8690 3223 8689
3222 8691 3205 8691 3205 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 1701Z 325DEG 3KT 3228 8730
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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