Weather alert active for Central Alabama until Thursday afternoon
A special weather statement was released by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 11:12 a.m. until 3 p.m. for Clay, Randolph, Perry, Chilton, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Chambers, Marengo, Dallas, Autauga, Lowndes, Elmore, Montgomery, Macon, Bullock, Lee, Russell, Pike and Barbour counties.
“A line of showers with some thunderstorms continue to move southeast across portions of the southern half of Central Alabama. Brief wind gusts between 25 and 35 mph are expected with or just ahead of this activity. Recent heavy rains and saturated ground conditions will result in trees having a lower resistance to winds and a few of the weaker, diseased or poorly rooted trees may fall, potentially causing impacts to property and a risk to life,” according to the weather service.
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