SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING until 6:15. 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BLOUNT COUNTY IN ALABAMA...
ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 534 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ALBERTVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAINBOW CITY...GADSDEN...HOKES BLUFF...SNEAD...SUSAN MOORE...SARDIS
CITY...WALNUT GROVE AND TABOR ROAD.
THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 181 THROUGH 188...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
Instructions:
Stay indoors and monitor weather conditions.
Address/Location
Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency
90 E Broad St
Gadsden, AL 35903
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
