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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1220 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026
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JEFFERSON AL-
1220 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
THROUGH 1245 PM CDT...
AT 1220 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SYLVAN SPRINGS, OR NEAR HUEYTOWN. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL 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...
BESSEMER, HUEYTOWN, FAIRFIELD, PLEASANT GROVE, MIDFIELD, ADAMSVILLE,
BRIGHTON, SYLVAN SPRINGS, MULGA, MAYTOWN, NORTH JOHNS, EDGEWATER,
CONCORD, MCDONALD CHAPEL, DOLOMITE, AND BIRMINGPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 118.
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 3361 8701 3347 8691 3332 8710 3354 8723
3354 8722 3355 8720 3355 8719 3357 8720
3358 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 060DEG 3KT 3352 8705
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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