SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TALLADEGA...ST. CLAIR...WESTERN
CLAY...CALHOUN AND ETOWAH COUNTIES UNTIL 545 AM CDT...
AT 510 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SNEAD TO MARGARET TO
NEAR VANDIVER TO NEAR WILSONVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GADSDEN...ANNISTON...OXFORD...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...PELL CITY...
JACKSONVILLE...LEEDS...MOODY...RAINBOW CITY...CHILDERSBURG...HOKES
BLUFF...SPRINGVILLE...ODENVILLE...WILSONVILLE...TALLADEGA SPRINGS...
SAKS...WEST END-COBB TOWN...COBB TOWN AND FORT MCCLELLAN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND 188.
INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144 AND 188.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
