Severe Thunderstorm Watch
July 22, 2008 Leave a comment
Home Team Interactive Radar
12:35 PM CDT TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MUCH OF NORTHERN ALABAMA, PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND PARTS OF MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE, EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 12:35 PM UNTIL 7:00 PM.
ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE: BIBB, BLOUNT, CHEROKEE, COLBERT, CULLMAN, DEKALB, ETOWAH, FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, JACKSON, JEFFERSON, LAMAR, LAUDERDALE, LAWRENCE, LIMESTONE, MADISON, MARION, MARSHALL, MORGAN, PICKENS, SHELBY, ST. CLAIR, TUSCALOOSA, WALKER AND WINSTON COUNTIES.
HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER… THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH… AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, TO 60 MILES EAST OF CROSSVILLE, TENNESSEE.
REMEMBER…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
We’re watching the situation and will have updates starting with WVUA News First at 4 p.m., and on WVUA News at 5 and 6 tonight.
Robert Stevenson
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