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Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency
Friday April 3rd, 2015 :: 09:57 p.m. CDT

Advisory

..SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ETOWAH COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
WALNUT GROVE...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF ONEONTA...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GADSDEN...RAINBOW CITY...HOKES BLUFF...ATTALLA...GLENCOE...STEELE...
ALTOONA...WALNUT GROVE...REECE CITY...GADSDEN MALL...AURORA...
NOCCALULA FALLS...NEELY HENRY LAKE...SOUTHSIDE...RIDGEVILLE...GADSDEN
STEAM PLANT...RAMSEY...ROCKLEDGE...CRUDUP AND GADSDEN MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

Address/Location
Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency
90 E Broad St
Gadsden, AL 35903

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1

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