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CURRENT:

5:30 p.m.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

176 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ALABAMA - THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ALABAMA:

FAYETTE GREENE LAMAR

MARION PICKENS SUMTER

TUSCALOOSA WALKER WINSTON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALICEVILLE, CARROLLTON, EUTAW,

FAYETTE, HALEYVILLE, HAMILTON, JASPER, LIVINGSTON, SULLIGENT,

TUSCALOOSA, VERNON, AND YORK

OUTDATED:

7:23 p.m.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
722 PM CDT THU APR 27 2023

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.

* AT 722 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER COLUMBUS,
MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
REFORM, MILLPORT, KENNEDY, ETHELSVILLE, NORTH PICKENS AIRPORT,
FOREST, MACEDONIA, MELBORNE AND SHAW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

6:26 p.m.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
626 PM CDT THU APR 27 2023

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.

* AT 625 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STEENS, OR
NEAR COLUMBUS, MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. THIS STORM HAS
A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN MISSISSIPPI.

SOURCE...PUBLIC.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILLPORT, KENNEDY, FOREST, MELBORNE AND SHAW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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