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Severe Thunderstorm Warning : Lamar/Marion/Pickens/Fayette/Winston

| March 18, 2013 @ 2:22 pm

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3-18-2013 2-19-44 PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 218 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HALEYVILLE TO BLUFF TO 7 MILES WEST OF
MILLPORT TO NEW HOPE…AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MILLPORT…PICKENSVILLE…FAYETTE…LYNN…ALICEVILLE…
CARROLLTON…REFORM AND GORDO.

THIS INCLUDES…
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 26 THROUGH 34…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather

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Macon, Georgia Television Chief Meteorologist, Birmingham native, and long time Contributor on AlabamaWX. Stormchaser. I did not choose Weather, it chose Me. College Football Fanatic. @Ryan_Stinnet

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