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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 11:21 AM May. 18, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Talladega County in east central Alabama... Northeastern Coosa County in east central Alabama... Clay County in east central Alabama... * Until 700 AM CDT. * At 621 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stewartville, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Fayetteville, Cleveland Crossroads, Sylacauga Municipal Airport, Overbrook, Cedar Creek, Gantts Quarry, Hollins, Oak Grove, Goodwater, Strickland Crossroads, Sylacauga, Talladega Springs, Sycamore, Varnons, Parkdale, Chandler Springs, Roselle, Lineville, Millerville, and Mellow Valley. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are 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. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Special Weather Statement
Issued: 11:14 AM May. 18, 2025 – National Weather Service
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN TALLADEGA... SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY...NORTHERN COOSA AND CLAY COUNTIES THROUGH 700 AM CDT... At 614 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Fayetteville, or over Talladega Springs, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Cleveland Crossroads, Alabama 4H Center, Shelby Shores, Gantts Quarry, Goodwater, Strickland Crossroads, Kelley Branch, Talladega Springs, Varnons, Marble Valley, Lineville, Millerville, Mellow Valley, Ashland, Mignon, Gunthertown, Fayetteville, Sylacauga Municipal Airport, Beeswax Creek Park, and Overbrook. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN; MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
Dense Fog Advisory
Issued: 8:11 AM May. 18, 2025 – National Weather Service
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Visibility less than one quarter of a mile in dense fog. * WHERE...Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Elmore, Etowah, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Russell, St. Clair, Talladega, and Tallapoosa Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you. &&
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