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Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service Birmingham AL

505 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025

 

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Pickens AL-

505 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025



...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PICKENS COUNTY THROUGH 545 AM

CDT...



At 505 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over

Pickensville, moving east at 45 mph.



HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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...

Garden, Ethelsville, Carrollton, Dillburg, North Pickens Airport,

McShan, Gordo, Pickensville, McMullen, Owens, Kirk, Pioneer, Johnston

Lake, Memphis, Macedonia, Bevill Lock And Dam, Reform, and

Aliceville.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 



A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM CDT for

west central Alabama.



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LAT...LON 3344 8828 3342 8784 3315 8784 3313 8789

      3313 8832

TIME...MOT...LOC 1005Z 275DEG 39KT 3325 8824 



MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN

MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH



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