UPDATE: SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN BLOCKING CHEROKEE HEIGHTS ROAD AND ON MARTIN DAM ROAD.
This storm, which has a history of producing tree damage, is dropping towards the south. Tuskegee and Union Springs are included in this warning, as well as Interstate 85 and U.S. Highways 29 and 80. Damaging winds are the greatest threat, but hail, heavy rainfall, and dangerous lightning are occurring as well.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 452 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
TUSKEGEE TO FRANKLIN…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN WITH THIS STORM IN ELMORE COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
UNION SPRINGS…LIVERPOOL…DAVISVILLE…GUERRYTON…
WARRIORSTAND…FORT DAVIS…CREEK STAND AND SEDGEFIELD.
THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 32 THROUGH 42…
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN BIRMINGHAM.
