BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
420 PM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Marion County in northwestern Alabama…
Northern Lamar County in west central Alabama…
* Until 515 PM CDT.
* At 420 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Haleyville to near Okolona, moving southeast at
25 mph.
HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include…
Hamilton, Winfield, Haleyville, Vernon, Sulligent, Guin,
Hackleburg, Brilliant, Glen Allen, Detroit, Beaverton, Gu-
Win, Weston, Blooming Grove, Lamar County Airport, Brinn, Lake
Buttahatchee, Crews, Bedford and Bear Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature’s leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
