Severe Weather Statement issued for Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia by NWS

Effective: 2023-01-25 05:31:00 CST Expires: 2023-01-25 06:45:00 CST Urgency: Immediate Severity: Severe Certainty: Observed Instruction: A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM CST for southeastern Alabama...and the Panhandle of Florida. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in Tallahassee. Target Area: Dale; Geneva; Henry; Houston A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CST FOR EASTERN DALE...HENRY...EASTERN GENEVA AND HOUSTON COUNTIES At 531 AM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Texasville to near Hartford, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include Abbeville, Cottonwood, Fort Gaines, Headland, Dothan, Ozark, Hartford, Taylor, Midland City, Kinsey, Ashford, Slocomb, Cowarts, Newton, Webb, Columbia, Pinckard, Malvern, Rehobeth and Grimes. TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH