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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
118 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026
ALZ018-019-211900-
CALHOUN AL-ETOWAH AL-
118 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN AND
SOUTHEASTERN ETOWAH COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM CDT...
AT 118 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY, OR NEAR JACKSONVILLE, 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...
JACKSONVILLE, SAKS, GLENCOE, WEAVER, ALEXANDRIA, JACKSONVILLE STATE
UNIVERSITY, SOUTHSIDE, COBB CITY, SULPHUR SPRINGS, AND WELLINGTON.
THIS INCLUDES US HIGHWAY 431 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 237 AND 253.
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 8583 3385 8573 3371 8590 3390 8606
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 054DEG 8KT 3387 8585
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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