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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Cherokee, AL; Etowah, AL

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Cherokee, Etowah
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Severe
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What is happening

At 828 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles east of Gaylesville to near Tennala to near Glencoe, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Gadsden,...

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Bulletin details

At 828 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles east of Gaylesville to near Tennala to near Glencoe, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Gadsden, Piedmont, Hokes Bluff, Centre, Cedar Bluff, Forney, Centre Municipal Airport, Glencoe, Reece City, Tennala, Pleasant Gap, Cornwall Furnace Park, Eastern Weiss Lake, Ballplay, Slackland, Gadsden Mall, Noccalula Falls, Ball Flat, Moshat, and Western Weiss Lake.

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Official revisions

5 captured
  1. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 8:28PM CDT until August 17 at 8:45PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL

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  2. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 8:18PM CDT until August 17 at 8:45PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL

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  3. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 8:09PM CDT until August 17 at 8:45PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL

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  4. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 7:54PM CDT until August 17 at 8:45PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL

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  5. Alert

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 7:39PM CDT until August 17 at 8:45PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Birmingham AL. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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