THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN AUTAUGA COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
EAST CENTRAL CHILTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHWESTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 117 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WELONA…OR
14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKFORD…AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. A
SECOND STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HANOVER AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AS WELL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WEOKA MILLS…VERBENA…MARBURY…DEATSVILLE…ELMORE…JORDAN
DAM…COOPER AND SPEIGNER.
THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 193 THROUGH 205…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
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 LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER…
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
