576  
WWUS84 KBMX 222324  
SPSBMX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL  
624 PM CDT TUE SEP 22 2026  
 
ALZ025-034-035-230000-  
CHILTON AL-BIBB AL-SHELBY AL-  
624 PM CDT TUE SEP 22 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CHILTON
 
 
SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY AND SOUTHEASTERN BIBB COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM  
CDT...  
 
AT 624 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT, OR NEAR CALERA, MOVING  
SOUTH AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...  
ALABASTER, PELHAM, CALERA, MONTEVALLO, COLUMBIANA, CENTREVILLE,  
JEMISON, THORSBY, WILTON, AMERICAN VILLAGE, MAYLENE, LAWLEY, ASHBY,  
BRIERFIELD IRONWORKS PARK, UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO, TALLADEGA  
NATIONAL FOREST, SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT, RANDOLPH, MINOOKA PARK, AND  
SIX MILE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 217 AND 240.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
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 3301 8714 3334 8669 3326 8657 3297 8660  
3283 8700  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 355DEG 11KT 3315 8679  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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