Severe Thunderstorm Warning Jefferson/Blount/St. Clair

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BLOUNT COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 344 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 6
MILES NORTH OF CARDIFF TO CLAY TO BALD ROCK…AND MOVING NORTH AT
50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ODENVILLE…SPRINGVILLE…CLEVELAND…ONEONTA…BLOUNTSVILLE…
KIMBERLY…WARRIOR AND COUNTY LINE.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 271 THROUGH 282…
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBER 33…
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 144 THROUGH 158…
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 137 THROUGH 174…

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.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR ALABAMA.

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

LAT…LON 3421 8647 3411 8630 3394 8637 3394 8633
3399 8628 3397 8625 3399 8622 3397 8618
3348 8629 3359 8662 3361 8691 3387 8696
3387 8693 3392 8692 3398 8677 3404 8671
3409 8671 3412 8661 3423 8654
TIME…MOT…LOC 2047Z 171DEG 33KT 3375 8691 3375 8661
3364 8640

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05/MA

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