SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING until 6:45 for western Etowah Co.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
WESTERN ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 553 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOUNTSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUSAN MOORE...SNEAD...ALTOONA...WALNUT GROVE...SARDIS CITY...
HENDRIX...GALLANT AND HOWELTON.
THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBER 181...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
Address/Location
Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency
90 E Broad St
Gadsden, AL 35903
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Michael Amberson
Gadsden/Etowah County EMA
[email protected]
256-549-4575