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WFO HUNTSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, February 19, 2019

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service Huntsville AL

532 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MADISON...

NORTHEASTERN LIMESTONE...MOORE...LINCOLN AND WEST CENTRAL FRANKLIN

COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CST...

At 532 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7

miles northeast of Athens, moving northeast at 70 mph.

Dime to penny size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...

Athens, Fayetteville, Lynchburg, Meridianville, Hazel Green, Ardmore,

Petersburg, Harvest, Tims Ford Lake and Lincoln.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Very heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead

to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded

roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.

Lightning can strike several miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a

safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 3536 8649 3532 8645 3533 8641 3519 8616

3472 8685 3489 8706 3500 8700 3499 8684

3526 8683 3525 8675 3531 8668 3533 8660

3537 8659

TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 224DEG 68KT 3488 8689

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MADISON...

NORTHEASTERN LIMESTONE...MOORE...LINCOLN AND WEST CENTRAL FRANKLIN

COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CST...

At 532 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7

miles northeast of Athens, moving northeast at 70 mph.

Dime to penny size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...

Athens, Fayetteville, Lynchburg, Meridianville, Hazel Green, Ardmore,

Petersburg, Harvest, Tims Ford Lake and Lincoln.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Very heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead

to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded

roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.

Lightning can strike several miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a

safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 3536 8649 3532 8645 3533 8641 3519 8616

3472 8685 3489 8706 3500 8700 3499 8684

3526 8683 3525 8675 3531 8668 3533 8660

3537 8659

TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 224DEG 68KT 3488 8689

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY IS

CANCELLED...

The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of

the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST

FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...

At 534 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Graysville, or

near Sumiton, moving northeast at 70 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Public.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...

Gardendale, Adamsville, Warrior, Kimberly, Graysville, Morris,

Brookside, Trafford, West Jefferson, County Line, Cardiff, Sayre,

Village Springs, Miller Steam Plant and Partridge Crossroads.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

building.

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