Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 3 at 6:26PM CDT until May 3 at 7:45PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 3, 2025 - 4:26pm
Expires:
May 3, 2025 - 5:45pm
Description:
SVRBMX
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Tallapoosa County in east central Alabama...
Chambers County in east central Alabama...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 626 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Abanda to near Southern Lake Martin, moving
east at 25 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...
Jacksons' Gap, Cusseta, Sturkie, Horseshoe Bend, Trammel
Crossroads, Buffalo, Lakeview, White Plains, Lanett Municipal
Airport, Blue Creek Marina, Huguley, Horseshoe Bend National
Military Park, Fairfax, Tallapoosa City, Five Points, Valley,
Lanett, Stroud, Oak Bowery, and Reeltown.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with these storms. 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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Chambers, AL; Tallapoosa, AL
Forcast Office:
NWS Birmingham AL