High Wind Spreading East and South

Winds are diminishing in the Greater Birmingham area but areas east and south still will experience some strong to damaging winds. Here is the latest from the NWS:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1027 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

ALZ021-028-029-037-038-300530-
CHAMBERS-CLAY-CLEBURNE-RANDOLPH-TALLAPOOSA-
1027 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CHAMBERS…CLAY…CLEBURNE…
RANDOLPH AND TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CST…

AT 1025 PM CST…STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG A COLD FRONT WERE PASSING
THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE COLD FRONT IS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH AND
WILL BRING WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH…AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS…SOME
SMALL OR WEAKENED TREES…AND POWERLINES…AS WELL AS BLOW AROUND
LOOSE OBJECTS. 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.

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