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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1252 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026
ALZ017-026-211830-
ST. CLAIR AL-BLOUNT AL-
1252 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BLOUNT AND NORTH
CENTRAL ST. CLAIR COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM CDT...
AT 1252 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ONEONTA. 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...
ONEONTA, ASHVILLE, ALLGOOD, HIGHLAND LAKE, WHITNEY JUNCTION,
CALDWELL, HORSE PENS FORTY, AND I 59 REST AREAS AT ONEONTA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 160 AND 166.
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 3397 8634 3394 8637 3394 8633 3396 8632
3396 8631 3393 8625 3377 8632 3390 8654
3400 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 028DEG 4KT 3392 8636
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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