A tornado warned storm has developed in Chilton County. This storm has great structure with a hook echoand on the velocities, a very tight couplet. This storm is past the Maplesville area and will be just north of Clanton. Looks as though it it be affecting the Interstate 65 corridor near the peach water tower.
This is one of those isolated cells ahead of the main line. These are the cells we have to watch. It is moving rapidly to the northeast and will be impacting Thorsby and Jemison.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
CHILTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 545 AM CST
* AT 501 AM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR PARNELL…OR 15 MILES NORTH OF VALLEY GRANDE…AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
JEMISON…CHILTON COUNTY MOTOR SPORTS PARK…THORSBY…GAP OF THE
MOUNTAIN…UNION GROVE…LAY LAKE DAM…ISABELLA…LOMAX AND I 65
REST AREA.
THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 212 THROUGH 219…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
