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Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency
Sunday July 19th, 2015 :: 12:36 p.m. CDT

Advisory

Significant Weather Advisory until 1:15p.

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CALHOUN...NORTHEASTERN
ST. CLAIR AND SOUTH CENTRAL ETOWAH COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM CDT...

AT 1230 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER NEELY HENRY LAKE...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF RAINBOW CITY...MOVING
SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAINBOW CITY...SAKS...RAGLAND...OHATCHEE...NEELY HENRY LAKE...
ALEXANDRIA...SOUTHSIDE AND NEELY HENRY DAM.

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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