...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN CHILTON...TALLADEGA...SOUTHERN SHELBY...NORTHERN
TALLAPOOSA...SOUTHWESTERN CLEBURNE...COOSA AND CLAY COUNTIES...
At 311 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Oxford Lake to near Logan Martin Dam to Tannehill
Ironworks State Park, moving south at 45 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Alabaster, Pelham, Helena, Talladega, Alexander City, Sylacauga,
Calera, Clanton, Montevallo, Childersburg, Columbiana, Jemison,
Lineville, Ashland, Wilsonville, Goodwater, Rockford, Kellyton,
Talladega Springs, and Weogufka.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE;
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 261 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN ALABAMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 31 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
AUTAUGA BIBB BLOUNT
CALHOUN CHAMBERS CHEROKEE
CHILTON CLAY CLEBURNE
COOSA DALLAS ELMORE
ETOWAH GREENE HALE
JEFFERSON LEE LOWNDES
MACON MARENGO MONTGOMERY
PERRY PICKENS RANDOLPH
SHELBY ST. CLAIR SUMTER
TALLADEGA TALLAPOOSA TUSCALOOSA
WALKER
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALABASTER, ALEXANDER CITY,
ALICEVILLE, ANNISTON, ASHLAND, AUBURN, BIRMINGHAM, BRENT,
CARROLLTON, CENTRE, CENTREVILLE, CLANTON, COLUMBIANA, DEMOPOLIS,
EUTAW, FORT DEPOSIT, GADSDEN, GREENSBORO, HEFLIN, HOOVER,
JACKSONVILLE, JASPER, LANETT, LINDEN, LINEVILLE, LIVINGSTON,
LOWNDESBORO, MARION, MILLBROOK, MONTGOMERY, MOODY, MOUNDVILLE,
ONEONTA, OPELIKA, PELHAM, PELL CITY, PRATTVILLE, ROANOKE,
ROCKFORD, SELMA, SYLACAUGA, TALLADEGA, TUSCALOOSA, TUSKEGEE,
UNIONTOWN, VALLEY, WETUMPKA, AND YORK.
