UPDATE 6:50 PM
Nickel sized hail (0.88″) just reported at York. Pea sized hail was reported at Cuba.
The heaviest rain and largest hail (to two inches) is passing just south of Livingston. It will move toward Forkland.
ORIGINAL MESSAGE
Thunderstorms moving out of Mississippi into western Alabama are producing very large hail. Livingston, York, and Cuba heads up. This warning does include the campus of the University of West Alabama.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 619 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF CUBA…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CUBA…YORK…LIVINGSTON…BOYD…EMELLE…THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST
ALABAMA…PANOLA AND BLUFFPORT.
THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 23…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER…PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
