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July 27, 2012

NWS issues Significant Weather Advisory for Limestone Co.

ATHENS — From The National Weather Service in Huntsville:

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAUDERDALE AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

 

AT 1:54 P.M. CDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OLIVER, OR 16 MILES WEST OF ATHENS, MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELGIN AND ALSO MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

 

PENNY SIZE HAIL, WINDS UP TO 50 MPH, FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

 

PEOPLE IN EASTERN LAUDERDALE AND WESTERN LIMESTONE COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OLIVER, ROGERSVILLE, COXEY AND CAIRO, SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

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