Sitting at the Rock Mountain Lakes exit on I-59 with frequent lightning and booming thunder. This storm is about to cross I-59. It has intensified and built up into southwestern Jefferson County…
Overall storm intensity is increasing across North and Central Alabama at the lunchtime hour. Other notable storms are…
…over Limestone, Madison, Lawrence and Morgan Counties. This activity will push into Cullman and Marshall Counties.
…between Oneonta and Gadsden…pushing toward Ashville and Steele.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1143 AM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008
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BIBB-TUSCALOOSA-
1143 AM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BIBB AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL
1230 PM CDT…
AT 1136 AM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR BROOKWOOD…OR 12 MILES EAST OF HOLT…MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE…
BROOKWOOD.
ABERNANT.
LAKE VIEW.
WOODSTOCK JUNCTION.
WEST BLOCTON.
HEBRON.
THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND
TREE LIMBS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…COMMERCIAL RADIO…OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.