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At 519 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bon Air, or near Childersburg, moving west at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Sylacauga, Childersburg, Oak Grove, Bon Air, Sycamore, Sylacauga Municipal Airport, and Mignon. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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Clay, AL; Talladega, AL · 33.230°, -86.281°
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- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
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- Talladega, AL
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At 519 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bon Air, or near Childersburg, moving west at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Sylacauga, Childersburg, Oak Grove, Bon Air, Sycamore, Sylacauga Municipal Airport, and Mignon. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
At 454 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Bon Air to near Parkdale, moving southwest at 5 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Sylacauga, Childersburg, Oak Grove, Bon Air, Sycamore, Sylacauga Municipal Airport, Overbrook, Gantts Quarry, Hollins, and Mignon. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
At 444 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Winterboro to near Parkdale, moving north at 10 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... Sylacauga, Childersburg, Oak Grove, Bon Air, Sycamore, Winterboro, Alpine, Sylacauga Municipal Airport, Overbrook, Gantts Quarry, Hollins, and Mignon. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
SVRBMX The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Talladega County in east central Alabama... Southwestern Clay County in east central Alabama... * Until 530 PM CDT. * At 439 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Winterboro to near Parkdale, moving north at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Sylacauga, Childersburg, Oak Grove, Bon Air, Sycamore, Winterboro, Alpine, Sylacauga Municipal Airport, Overbrook, Gantts Quarry, Hollins, and Mignon. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.