NOTE: Besides the statement below, a Significant Weather Alert is also in effect for St. Clair and Talladega County until 7 pm.
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HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
The Cherokee County EMA reports that a house was struck by lightning on highway 9 south near the new airport shortly before 6:30. Firemen were enroute.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
615 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2009
ALZ019-020-220000-
CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-
615 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2009
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CALHOUN AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL
700 PM CDT…
AT 615 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLENCOE…OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
JACKSONVILLE…MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE…
OHATCHEE.
JACKSONVILLE.
PIEDMONT.
REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…COMMERCIAL RADIO…OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
