Tornado Warning for Sumter County

Strong thunderstorms over Southwest Alabama appear to be organizing into a mesoscale convective vortex.

A tornado warning is in effect for parts of Choctaw, Washington and Clarke Counties.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CST

* AT 624 PM CST…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINTERBISH…OR 12 MILES
SOUTH OF CUBA…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD…TORNADO.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
LIVINGSTON…YORK…CUBA…GAINESVILLE…EPES…EMELLE…
BLUFFPORT…PANOLA…COATOPA…KINTERBISH…THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST
ALABAMA…DUG HILL…BOYD…GEIGER…WARSAW…PAYNEVILLE…WARD…
BELMONT…MCDOWELL AND BELLAMY.

Category: Severe Weather