THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 236 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 PIKE
ROAD…OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MEADVILLE…PIKE ROAD…PINEDALE…SNOWDOUN…SPRAGUE…PINE
LEVEL…RAMER AND DUBLIN.
THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBER 171…
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 2 THROUGH 16…
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.
