Severe Thunderstorm Warning Elmore/Macon/Tallapoosa

A severe thunderstorm capable of producing large hail and damaging winds is affecting portions of these three counties. Interstate 85 along with the cities of Tuskegee, Tallassee and Franklin are being impacted. This storm continues to drop south.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHERN MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
SOUTH CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 638 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TALLASSEE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MILSTEAD…TUSKEGEE…REEVES AIRPORT…LIBERTY CITY…FRANKLIN…
LIVERPOOL…LAKE TUSKEGEE AND TUSKEGEE NATIONAL FOREST.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 26 THROUGH 42…

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.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather