Severe Thunderstorm Warning Marion/Lamar til Noon

Storms over Marion County have intensified and have the potential to produce hail to one inch and damaging winds to 60 mph.

Pea sized hail was reported in Guin around 11 a.m.

Three large updrafts in the storms over the county now, with the strongest between Bexar and Hamilton.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 1112 AM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TREMONT…OR 11
MILES WEST OF HAMILTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
HAMILTON…WINFIELD…WESTON…GUIN…GU-WIN…BRINN…BRILLIANT
AND LAKE BUTTAHATCHEE.

THIS INCLUDES…
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 3 THROUGH 34…

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather