Severe Thunderstorm Warning Lee/Macon til 2:15 PM

AlabamaWX.com Alerts Desk | June 28, 2013 @ 1:33 pm

This latest warning includes Auburn and Tuskegee Universities. Areas along Interstate 85 and Highways 29, 80 and 280 will be impacted by severe storms that are capable of producing damaging winds and large hail. Storms will continue to push of to the southeast. Tree and power line damage has been reported with these storms as they have crossed Alabama during the morning and now afternoon hours.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 126 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
STILL WATERS RESORT TO TALLAPOOSA CITY TO TYSONVILLE…AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MILSTEAD…NOTASULGA…TUSKEGEE…AUBURN…VICTORYLAND…LIBERTY
CITY…SHORTER AND FRANKLIN.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 22 THROUGH 58…

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.

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS…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 ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather