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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
117 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026
ALZ024-025-034-211900-
BIBB AL-JEFFERSON AL-SHELBY AL-
117 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY
NORTHEASTERN BIBB AND SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM
CDT...
AT 117 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PELHAM, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 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...
HOOVER, ALABASTER, BESSEMER, PELHAM, HELENA, CALERA, MONTEVALLO,
WILTON, AMERICAN VILLAGE, MAYLENE, OAK MOUNTAIN AMPHITHEATER, HOOVER
METROPOLITAN STADIUM, UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO, SHELBY COUNTY
AIRPORT, OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK, JOE TUCKER PARK, CAMP BRANCH,
SILURIA, ALABASTER VETERANS PARK, AND SAGINAW.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 231 AND 245.
INTERSTATE 459 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 11.
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 3320 8712 3338 8690 3329 8667 3307 8678
3307 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 029DEG 9KT 3328 8681
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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