Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued For Parts Of Blount County Until 6:30PM

The Dixiecrats, formally known as the States’ Rights Democratic Party, held their first and only convention at Municipal Auditorium in Birmingham. The Dixiecrats emerged in 1948 in opposition to President Harry Truman’s widespread civil rights program, which included racial integration, repealing poll taxes and making lynching a federal crime.

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Central Blount County in Alabama…

* Until 630 PM CDT

* At 603 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Nectar, or near Cleveland, moving southwest at 5 mph.
HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…
Oneonta, Blountsville, Cleveland, Dallas, Locust Fork, Fairview, Hayden, Nectar, Rosa, Blount Springs, Bangor, Easley, Chamblees
Mill, Remlap, Fowler Spring and Clear Springs.

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