Warning #1 - Cherokee County

The first warning of the day...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWEST CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 153 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POPE...DRIFTING TO
THE SOUTHWEST.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ESTES CROSSROADS BY 210 PM CDT

This storm in far southwest Cherokee County may have some hail with it, and it may also produce some wind gusts to or above 60 MPH. The storm is hardly moving at all, but what little movement it has seems to be toward the west.

Here's a look at the storm on our Gadsden SkyCam:

http://www.abc3340.com/static/skycams/skycamsgadsden.html

Areas of northern Calhoun and eastern Etowah near Hokes Bluff & Glencoe should be alert to this storm too!

Posted by  
on July 20, 2006, 1:27 pm
A very angry thunderstorm at Jefferson State's NE campus in Center Point. Pea-sized hail with very heavy rainfall and lots of lightning/thunder. Sounds like a typical summertime thunderboomer...

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