Published on: January 23, 2012 at 9:10 AM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
WESTERN MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 945 AM CST

* AT 906 AM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AUBURN UNIVERSITY IN
MONTGOMERY…OR 5 MILES EAST OF MONTGOMERY…AND MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MILSTEAD…TUSKEGEE…PIKE ROAD…MOUNT MEIGS…WAUGH…
TYSONVILLE…VICTORYLAND AND SHORTER.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBER 171…
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 2 THROUGH 38…

WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.