Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
309 AM CDT Mon May 8 2023
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309 AM CDT Mon May 8 2023
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the National Weather Service office in Birmingham.
Outlook through Tonight.
A complex of showers and marginally severe thunderstorms will be possible this evening from 9 PM to 3 AM across the far northern portions of Central Alabama. Damaging winds in excess of 60 mph will be the main threat. Locally heavy rain may cause minor flooding as well.
Tuesday through Sunday.
No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed tonight.
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Special Weather Statement
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
429 AM CDT Mon May 8 2023
Cherokee AL-
429 AM CDT Mon May 8 2023
A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Cherokee County through 5:15 AM CDT. At 4:28 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Sand Rock, or 9 miles northwest of Centre, moving southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD
Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE
Radar indicated.
IMPACT
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and also blow around unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include
Centre, Cedar Bluff, Centre Municipal Airport, Forney, Leesburg, Sand Rock, Gaylesville, Tennala, Cherokee Rock Village, Pleasant Gap, Cornwall Furnace Park, Western Weiss Lake, Eastern Weiss Lake, Moshat, Coloma, Weiss Dam, Yellow Creek Falls, Chesnut Bay Resort, Spring Garden and Howells Crossroads.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.