Severe Thunderstorm Warning Bullock/Macon/Montgomery/Pike/Tallapoosa til 5:15 PM

A line of strong and potentially severe storms is moving across the counties and will be capable of producing damaging straight-line winds. Travel along Interstate 85 and U.S. 80, 82, 231, and 280 will be impacted.

Lake Martin, Tuskegee University, Troy University, Union Springs, and Alexander City will be impacted by these dangerous storms.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 420 PM CDT…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
WIND CREEK STATE PARK TO SHORTER TO SHOPTON TO LUVERNE…AND MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ALEXANDER CITY…MILSTEAD…GOSHEN…DADEVILLE…TROY…UNION
SPRINGS…TUSKEGEE AND NOTASULGA.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 16 THROUGH 42…

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758 OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG ALWX

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather