Severe Thunderstorm Warning : Lee/Macon/Russell Counties 10:00

| January 23, 2012 @ 9:19 am

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
EAST CENTRAL MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 1000 AM CST

* AT 920 AM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF BEAUREGARD…OR 6
MILES SOUTH OF AUBURN…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SMITHS…PHENIX CITY…BEAUREGARD…GRIFFEN MILL…BLEECKER…
SMITHS STATION…LADONIA AND MARVYN.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBER 57…

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 NOON CST MONDAY FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.



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