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At 442 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wind Creek State Park, or near Alexander City, moving south at 5 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Alexander City, Dadeville, Jacksons' Gap, Northern Lake Martin, Eastern Lake Martin, Wind Creek State Park, Western Lake Martin, Still Waters Resort, Southern Lake Martin, Dare Park, Susannah Crossing, and Maxwell Gunter Recreation Area. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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Tallapoosa, AL · 32.793°, -85.926°
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At 442 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wind Creek State Park, or near Alexander City, moving south at 5 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Alexander City, Dadeville, Jacksons' Gap, Northern Lake Martin, Eastern Lake Martin, Wind Creek State Park, Western Lake Martin, Still Waters Resort, Southern Lake Martin, Dare Park, Susannah Crossing, and Maxwell Gunter Recreation Area. 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 Tallapoosa County in east central Alabama... * Until 515 PM CDT. * At 434 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Alexander City, moving south at 5 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Alexander City, Dadeville, Jacksons' Gap, Northern Lake Martin, Eastern Lake Martin, Wind Creek State Park, Western Lake Martin, Still Waters Resort, Southern Lake Martin, Dare Park, Susannah Crossing, and Maxwell Gunter Recreation Area. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.