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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
400 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026
ALZ022-023-212115-
PICKENS AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-
400 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA AND
NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM CDT...
AT 400 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MILLPORT TO 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SAMANTHA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REFORM, LUBBUB, SHAW, MOORES BRIDGE, NORTH PICKENS AIRPORT, AND
MCSHAN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
US HIGHWAY 43 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 217 AND 218.
US HIGHWAY 82 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 19.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3353 8818 3352 8763 3337 8763 3337 8821
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 066DEG 5KT 3349 8804 3348 8773
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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