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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
128 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026
ALZ017-024-026-211915-
JEFFERSON AL-ST. CLAIR AL-BLOUNT AL-
128 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BLOUNT
EAST
CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND WESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM
CDT...
AT 127 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MOODY. 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...
TRUSSVILLE, LEEDS, MOODY, SPRINGVILLE, ODENVILLE, MARGARET, ARGO,
ASHVILLE, BALD ROCK, SHOPS OF GRAND RIVER, BRANCHVILLE, INLAND LAKE,
HIGHLAND LAKE, ST. CLAIR SPRINGS, HOLLY SPRINGS, CALDWELL, AND CAMP
WINNATASKA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144 AND 164.
INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 141 AND 152.
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 3383 8628 3350 8644 3350 8647 3351 8648
3355 8648 3355 8652 3353 8652 3352 8653
3356 8663 3390 8646
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 041DEG 4KT 3363 8650
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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