Severe Thunderstorm Warning Walker County until 4PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY IN ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 307 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GORGAS…OR
NEAR CORDOVA…MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS…SIDING…AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SUMITON…CORDOVA…DORA…PARRISH…SIPSEY…GORGAS STEAM PLANT…
GORGAS…ROCKY HOLLOW…BURNWELL…QUINTON…BELOIT…LYNNS PARK…
BARNEY…EMPIRE AND GOODSPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

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

Category: Severe Weather