Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Giles & Lincoln Counties

Posted on: 5:05 pm, August 2, 2012, by , updated on: 05:06pm, August 2, 2012

Two separate severe storms are moving south through Southern Middle Tennessee in Giles and Lincoln Counties. The storm near Ardmore is moving into Limestone County, the storm near Fayetteville could reach Madison County after 5:30 PM.

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
501 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 501 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN 
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF 
  FAYETTEVILLE...AND DRIFTING SOUTHEASTWARD AROUND 5 MPH. ANOTHER 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WAS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH 
  OF PETERSBURG AND WAS ALSO DRIFTING SOUTHEASTWARD AROUND 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FAYETTEVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
453 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GILES COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 451 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH. THE STORM WAS NEAR ELKTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELKTON...
  ARDMORE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS 58 MPH OR STRONGER...OR
HAIL ONE INCH OR LARGER. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A
BUILDING LOCATION NOW.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2. DO NOT
STAY OUTDOORS IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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