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SoHum Weather Alert: Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Wind, quarter-sized hail, lightning... 

From the National Weather Service:

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA CALIFORNIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AT 421 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HONEYDEW AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...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. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE`S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.