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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
712 PM CDT Fri Aug 16 2024

ALZ018>021-170045-
Calhoun AL-Etowah AL-Cleburne AL-Cherokee AL-
712 PM CDT Fri Aug 16 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN...
NORTHEASTERN ETOWAH...NORTHEASTERN CLEBURNE AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES
THROUGH 745 PM CDT...

At 712 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Moshat, or near Centre Municipal Airport, moving southeast at 25 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...
Piedmont, Hokes Bluff, Centre, Cedar Bluff, Little River Canyon
National Preserve, Forney, Centre Municipal Airport, Leesburg, Sand
Rock, Gaylesville, Tennala, Tabor Road, Cherokee Rock Village,
Pleasant Gap, Cornwall Furnace Park, Eastern Weiss Lake, Ballplay,
Slackland, Western Weiss Lake, and Mars Hills.

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.

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LAT...LON 3430 8546 3373 8535 3383 8566 3420 8602
      3420 8584 3424 8584 3424 8581 3426 8581
      3426 8577 3436 8566 3437 8563
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 295DEG 22KT 3409 8559

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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40/Sizemore