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At 529 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Vincent, or 10 miles north of Childersburg, moving south at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Childersburg, Wilsonville, Vincent, Harpersville, Westover, Logan Martin Dam, Logan Martin Lake, Sterrett, and Gaston Steam Plant. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Where it happened
Shelby, AL; Talladega, AL · 33.419°, -86.423°
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- Severe
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- areas
- Shelby, AL; Talladega, AL
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At 529 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Vincent, or 10 miles north of Childersburg, moving south at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Childersburg, Wilsonville, Vincent, Harpersville, Westover, Logan Martin Dam, Logan Martin Lake, Sterrett, and Gaston Steam Plant. 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... West central Talladega County in east central Alabama... Northeastern Shelby County in central Alabama... * Until 600 PM CDT. * At 512 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Vandiver, or 8 miles southeast of Leeds, moving south at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Chelsea, Childersburg, Wilsonville, Vincent, Harpersville, Westover, Vandiver, Logan Martin Dam, Logan Martin Lake, Sterrett, and Gaston Steam Plant. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.