Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Sumter Co Until 8:15am Wednesday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…SOUTHERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 815 AM CST

* AT 728 AM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  DAMAGINGWINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF KINTERBISH…OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF CUBA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…CUBA…YORK…LIVINGSTON…KINTERBISH…THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA…COATOPA…BLUFFPORT AND DUG HILL.

THIS INCLUDES…INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 17…

WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

Richard Scott