Significant Weather Advisory Issued for Tuscaloosa, Perry, Hale and Bibb Counties
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a Significant Weather Advisory in effect for several counties in West Alabama until 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
The text of the advisory is as follows:
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA... NORTHWESTERN PERRY...NORTHEASTERN HALE AND SOUTHWESTERN BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT... AT 144 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOW GAP, OR 17 MILES NORTH OF GREENSBORO, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRENT, LOW GAP, MERTZ, MORGAN SPRINGS, HARPER HILL, WATEROAK, FOLSOM, PHIPPS, ELLARDS AND HAVANA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
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