Weather Alert: Strong Thunderstorm Moving Across Cherokee County
CHEROKEE COUNTY — The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a weather alert for a strong thunderstorm currently moving across the area.
As of 3:55 a.m. CDT, Doppler radar is tracking a storm over Moshat, near Centre Municipal Airport, moving east at approximately 50 miles per hour.
The storm is capable of producing wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour and pea-size hail. Officials warn that gusty winds may knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects, and minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.
Locations in the path of this storm include Centre, Cedar Bluff, Centre Municipal Airport, Forney, Leesburg, Sand Rock, Gaylesville, Tennala, Pleasant Gap, Cornwall Furnace Park, Western Weiss Lake, Eastern Weiss Lake, Moshat, Ball Flat, Coloma, Weiss Dam, Yellow Creek Falls, Chesnut Bay Resort, Spring Garden, and Howells Crossroads.
Residents in these areas are urged to seek shelter if necessary and remain alert for changing weather conditions as the storm continues to move through the region.
