In addition to the Special Weather Statement below, A Significant Weather Alert continues also for Dekalb and Cherokee County in NE Alabama.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
808 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2008
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JEFFERSON-SHELBY-
808 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2008
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR JEFFERSON AND SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL
900 PM CDT…
AT 806 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROSS BRIDGE…OR NEAR BESSEMER…MOVING WEST AT 6
MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL…WINDS UP TO 50 MPH…AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE…
ROSS BRIDGE.
LIPSCOMB.
BESSEMER AIRPORT.
BESSEMER.
RAIMUND.
MCCALLA.
REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…COMMERCIAL RADIO…OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
