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Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency
Wednesday July 1st, 2015 :: 01:49 p.m. CDT

Advisory

Significant Weather Advisory for northeastern Etowah Co until 2:45p. Storms with 1/2" hail and 40mph winds expected.

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEROKEE AND NORTHEASTERN ETOWAH
COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT...

AT 145 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
COLLINSVILLE...OR 13 MILES EAST OF BOAZ...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CENTRE...CEDAR BLUFF...FORNEY...CENTRE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...
LEESBURG...SAND ROCK...GAYLESVILLE...SLACKLAND...TENNALA...TABOR
ROAD...CORNWALL FURNACE PARK...EASTERN WEISS LAKE...CHEROKEE ROCK
VILLAGE...WESTERN WEISS LAKE...MOSHAT...BLACK CREEK...HOWELLS
CROSSROADS...WEISS DAM...CHESNUT BAY RESORT AND KEENER.

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.

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

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1

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