Severe Thunderstorm Warning : Autauga/Elmore/Lowndes/Montgomery til 11:15

A line of intense thunderstorms are moving through this area. The line coming into western Montgomery County is beginning to bow out. When lines bow out like this, they can produce damaging winds. Wind gust so far of 41 knots at Dannelly Field and 49 mph at the RSA tower downtown.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN AUTAUGA COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
EASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 1115 AM CST

* AT 1033 AM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
LOWNDESBORO TO HAYNEVILLE TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF BEECHWOOD…AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
PRATTVILLE…MONTGOMERY…MILLBROOK…WETUMPKA…CANTELOUS…
AUTAUGA COUNTY AIRPORT…DANNELLY FIELD AND WOODCREST.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 147 THROUGH 181…
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 16…

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.



Category: Alabama's Weather