Here is that severe thunderstorm warning for Northwest Alabama’s Lamar and Marion counties…
WWUS54 KBMX 211114
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
614 AM CDT FRI MAY 21 2010
ALC075-093-211130-
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LAMAR AL-MARION AL-
614 AM CDT FRI MAY 21 2010
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT
FOR MARION AND NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTIES…
AT 612 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO DETECT A LINE
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM WESTON TO HENSON SPRINGS…OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF HAMILTON TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SULLIGENT…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RANKIN
FITE AIRPORT…BEAVERTON…PIKEVILLE…GUIN…HACKLEBURG…TESSNER…
PEARCES MILL…PEA RIDGE…GU-WIN AND BRINN
THIS INCLUDES…
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 3 THROUGH 26
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS…CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
