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Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
712 WWUS84 KBMX 170012 SPSBMX 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. && 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 $$ 40/Sizemore