Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Pickens County

Dangerous storm is near Gordo and Reform in Pickens County. Pushing south southeast.

Look at the lightning over West Alabama. The NWS estimates around 6,000 lightning strikes in the last hour!

A dangerous flood situation is in progress across West ALabama with intense thunderstorms training over the same locations for hours now. A large area from Pickens through Tuscaloosa, Hale, Greene and Perry Counties has picked up 4-8 inches of rain tonight.

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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
859 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 855 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REFORM…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GORDO.

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.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758 OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG ALWX

LAT…LON 3352 8784 3324 8784 3325 8805 3353 8808
TIME…MOT…LOC 0159Z 357DEG 18KT 3338 8795

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GRANTHAM



Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather