SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEROKEE...CLEBURNE...NORTHERN
CLAY...NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH...CALHOUN...EASTERN ETOWAH AND TALLADEGA
COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM CST...
AT 218 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR TABOR ROAD TO OHATCHEE
TO NEAR CHILDERSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GADSDEN...ANNISTON...OXFORD...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...JACKSONVILLE...
RAINBOW CITY...PIEDMONT...HOKES BLUFF...CENTRE...HEFLIN...
LINEVILLE...ASHLAND...CEDAR BLUFF...SAKS...WEST END-COBB TOWN...
CENTRE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...COBB TOWN...FORNEY AND FORT MCCLELLAN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 168 AND 210.
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.
