SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN NAVARRO…HENDERSON…SOUTHEASTERN VAN ZANDT AND NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 6:15 PM
AT 517 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEVEN POINTS TO NEAR KERENS TO 11 MILES EAST OF NAVARRO…AND MOVINGvNORTHEAST AT 35 MPH….IN ADDITION…A STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 6
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATHENS AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… ATHENS…GUN BARREL CITY…MABANK…CHANDLER…MALAKOFF…TOOL…
KERENS…SEVEN POINTS…FRANKSTON…BROWNSBORO…EUSTACE…BERRYVILLE…TRINIDAD…EDOM…ENCHANTED OAKS…COFFEE CITY…CANEY CITY…PAYNE SPRINGS…LOG CABIN AND MURCHISON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.