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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1245 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026
ALZ024-025-211830-
JEFFERSON AL-SHELBY AL-
1245 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SHELBY AND
JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM CDT...
AT 1244 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BROOKSIDE, OR NEAR FULTONDALE, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
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...
BIRMINGHAM, HOOVER, VESTAVIA HILLS, ALABASTER, BESSEMER, HOMEWOOD,
PELHAM, MOUNTAIN BROOK, TRUSSVILLE, HELENA, HUEYTOWN, GARDENDALE,
IRONDALE, FAIRFIELD, FULTONDALE, CENTER POINT, PLEASANT GROVE, CLAY,
PINSON, AND TARRANT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 241 AND 283.
INTERSTATE 459 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 33.
INTERSTATE 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND 144.
INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 131 AND 138.
INTERSTATE 22 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 93.
INTERSTATE 22 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 93.
US HIGHWAY 280 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 7.
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 3382 8672 3377 8665 3376 8654 3372 8653
3325 8677 3350 8728 3350 8726 3353 8727
3352 8726 3354 8723 3354 8722 3355 8719
3358 8720 3363 8713 3363 8710 3365 8709
3366 8706 3368 8706 3384 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 028DEG 5KT 3365 8687
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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