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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
417 PM CDT SAT SEP 12 2026
ALZ012-022-122200-
LAMAR AL-PICKENS AL-
417 PM CDT SAT SEP 12 2026
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN PICKENS
AND SOUTHWESTERN LAMAR COUNTIES UNTIL 5 PM CDT...
AT 417 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEDFORD TO 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ETHELSVILLE, OR EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF VERNON TO
18 MILES WEST OF MILLPORT, MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
VERNON, MILLPORT, ETHELSVILLE, MELBORNE, STAR, HIGHTOGY, FOREST,
LAMAR COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE AND MACEDONIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3353 8827 3379 8824 3379 8804 3355 8811
3336 8823 3340 8829
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 288DEG 12KT 3373 8827 3360 8830 3352 8839
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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