A cluster of severe storms is moving south and are producing very large hail and damaging winds. Nearly all of Walker County is included in this warning including Jasper, and the Interstate 22 corridor.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WALKER COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 900 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
ASHBANK…OR NEAR LYNN…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ALSO…A
LINE OF STORMS WAS PUSHING SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN WALKER
COUNTY…AND WINDS OF UP TO 60MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE LINE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CARBON HILL…JASPER…CORDOVA…SUMITON…DORA…POPLAR SPRINGS…
MCDOWELL CAMP GROUNDS AND FALLS CITY.
THIS INCLUDES…
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 39 THROUGH 78…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
