Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Mobile, AL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
657 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

ALZ055>058-060-181300-
BUTLER AL-CONECUH AL-COVINGTON AL-CRENSHAW AL-MONROE AL-
657 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BUTLER...NORTHEASTERN CONECUH...
NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON...SOUTHERN CRENSHAW AND NORTHEASTERN MONROE
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THROUGH 800 AM CDT...

AT 652 AM CDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 16 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF I65 AND AL
106...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DOZIER...             BRANTLEY...           MCKENZIE...
  I65 AND CR 7...       I65 AND AL 106...     GEORGIANA...
  RIVER FALLS...        RED LEVEL...          HEATH...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 126.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES.

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