West Alabama Alert

Here is a special weather statement from the National Weather Service in Birmingham…

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
504 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007

ALZ030>032-082345-
GREENE-HALE-SUMTER-
504 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GREENE…HALE AND SUMTER COUNTIES
UNTIL 545 PM CST…

AT 459 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EPES…OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIVINGSTON…
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 30 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE…
TISHABEE.
BOLIGEE.
ALLISON.
WALDEN QUARTERS.
EUTAW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
WEDGEWORTH.

REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…COMMERCIAL RADIO…OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

Our ABC3340 Skywatcher, who is the Fire Chief in Cuba, Alabama in Sumter County, reports 1.14 inches of rain from the slow moving storm and lots of lightning. One of his units reports that the lightning rate was 6 cloud to ground strikes per minute. That was certainly borne out by lightning detection equipment.

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