Destructive Tag on Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Southern Montgomery County AL

85 mph winds are indicated by Doppler radar in this storm, just 7000 feet above the surface.

NWS Meteorologist Gerald Satterwhite is chasing in Montgomery County on that powerful storm and reports numerous large branches around 6 in in diameter and a few trees uprooted along highway 31 on the west side of Snowdoun..

You don’t see this type of warning very often…it is the King of Severe Thunderstorm Warnings…

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY…

AT 414 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPRAGUE, OR
NEAR MEADVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR SPRAGUE, MEADVILLE, CARTERS HILL,
AND PINE LEVEL.

HAZARD…90 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. HOMES AND BUSINESSES
WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE. EXPECT
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MEADVILLE, PIKE ROAD, PINE LEVEL, STRATA, DUBLIN, NAFTEL, SNOWDOUN,
SPRAGUE, GRADY, SELLERS, DAVENPORT, RAMER, LAPINE, PINTLALA, CARTERS
HILL AND CURRYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

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

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LAT…LON 3218 8641 3228 8632 3223 8604 3221 8600
3197 8600 3196 8630 3205 8631 3205 8641
TIME…MOT…LOC 2114Z 289DEG 47KT 3212 8621

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT…DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT…RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE…1.00 IN
WIND THREAT…RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST…90 MPH

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