Severe Thunderstorm Warning Sumter County til 3:30PM

AlabamaWX.com Alerts Desk | April 11, 2013 @ 2:33 pm

Dangerous bow echo moving across Choctaw and southern Sumter Counties. Folks along US-80 east of Cuba to Demopolis and up to Forkland need to take this storm seriously as it approaches. It has potential for wind damage.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 228 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF KINTERBISH…OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF CUBA…AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
KINTERBISH…COATOPA…BLUFFPORT…DUG HILL…WARD…OLD MALLARD
AIRPORT…WHITFIELD AND BELLAMY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather