Severe Thunderstorm Warning Tallapoosa County til 8:00PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

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* AT 705 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPARKLING
SPRINGS…OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF DADEVILLE…MOVING SOUTHWEST AT
20 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ALEXANDER CITY…DADEVILLE…JACKSONS’ GAP…NEW SITE…
GOLDVILLE…HILLABEE CREEK…NORTHERN LAKE MARTIN…WIND CREEK
STATE PARK…EASTERN LAKE MARTIN…WESTERN LAKE MARTIN…
DAVISTON…HORSESHOE BEND NATIONAL MILITARY PARK…HORSESHOE
BEND…EAGLE CREEK…HACKNEYVILLE AND DARE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

Category: Severe Weather