Published on: May 31, 2012 at 4:04 PM

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Wind gust of 47 knots recorded at Montgomery Airport at 4:05PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 359 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HUNTER…OR NEAR MONTGOMERY…AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MONTGOMERY…MILLBROOK…WETUMPKA…MONTGOMERY ZOO…BOYLSTON…
COOSADA…AUBURN UNIVERSITY IN MONTGOMERY AND BOB WOODRUFF LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 170 THROUGH 179…
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 6…

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.