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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Etowah, AL

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What you need to know

Applies to
Etowah
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Official severity
Severe
Official urgency
Immediate
Official certainty
Observed

What is happening

At 455 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Reece City, or near Gadsden, and is nearly stationary. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Gadsden, Boaz, Hokes Bluff, Sardis City, Reece City, Noccalula Falls,...

What the bulletin says to do

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Full official description

Bulletin details

At 455 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Reece City, or near Gadsden, and is nearly stationary. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Gadsden, Boaz, Hokes Bluff, Sardis City, Reece City, Noccalula Falls, Northside, Wilsonia, Crudup, Mountainboro, Rockledge, and Keener.

Lifecycle record

Official revisions

2 captured
  1. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 11 at 4:55PM CDT until August 11 at 5:30PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL

    Official revision
  2. Alert

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 11 at 4:44PM CDT until August 11 at 5:30PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL

    Official revision

Source and limitations

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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