Severe Thunderstorm Warning Lee/Macon/Tallapoosa til 8:30PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHWESTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

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* AT 731 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HURTSBORO TO TUSKEGEE NATIONAL FOREST TO 6
MILES NORTH OF NOTASULGA…MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 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…
AUBURN…OPELIKA…TUSKEGEE…TALLASSEE…DADEVILLE…CAMP HILL…
NOTASULGA…MILSTEAD…SHORTER…FRANKLIN…WAVERLY…LAKE
TUSKEGEE…DAVISVILLE…SOCIETY HILL…TALLAPOOSA CITY…EASTERN
LAKE MARTIN…TUSKEGEE NATIONAL FOREST…HARDAWAY…LIVERPOOL AND
REEVES AIRPORT.

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 THESE STORMS. 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 THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

Category: Severe Weather