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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
434 PM CDT Fri Aug 1 2025

ALC055-012200-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0257.000000T0000Z-250801T2200Z/
Etowah AL-
434 PM CDT Fri Aug 1 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL ETOWAH COUNTY...

At 433 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gadsden, moving
southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Potential for damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Gadsden, Rainbow City, Attalla, Hokes Bluff, Glencoe, Reece City,
Ballplay, Gadsden Mall, Noccalula Falls, Neely Henry Lake, Southside,
Gadsden Steam Plant, Big Wills Creek, Crudup, Gadsden Municipal
Airport, Cobb City, Northside, Gadsden Water Works, Wilsonia, and
Reaves.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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LAT...LON 3413 8587 3411 8584 3410 8580 3399 8574
      3395 8574 3395 8588 3394 8590 3391 8590
      3391 8597 3386 8600 3387 8602 3384 8606
      3386 8605 3387 8607 3386 8610 3390 8611
      3390 8613 3404 8621 3413 8600
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 331DEG 8KT 3403 8598

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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