Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 05:45PM
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Blount County in central Alabama...
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 502 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Blountsville, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Oneonta, Blountsville, Cleveland, Locust Fork, Altoona, Snead, Susan Moore, Walnut Grove, Allgood, Fairview, Nectar, Rosa, McLarty, Inland Lake, Brooksville, Highland Lake, Easley, Chamblees Mill, Holly Springs and Fowler Spring.
* AFFECTED AREAS: BLOUNT, AL
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Address/Location
Blount County
220 2nd Avenue East
Oneonta, AL 35121
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 205-625-4121
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP BLOUNT followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning