Overview

• At 2:58 p.m. CT Wednesday, the National Weather Service warned Lamar County, Alabama, of strong storms through 3:45 p.m. with pea-size hail and gusts up to 40 mph.
• Radar at 2:58 p.m. tracked a storm near Steens moving east at 10 mph, with the alert naming Millport, Kennedy and Melborne as impacted locations.
• At 3:14 p.m. CT Wednesday, Sumter and Greene counties in Alabama were under a strong-thunderstorm alert until 4 p.m. as a cluster near Gainesville moved east at 15 mph with frequent cloud-to-ground lightning.
• In Oregon, a Tuesday 5:18 p.m. alert covered central and eastern Lake County as a storm near Abert Rim moved northwest at 30 mph with pea-size hail and gusts near 30 mph.
• The weather service cautioned that gusty winds may down tree limbs and minor hail damage is possible, and it urged people to seek indoor shelter while noting lightning kills about 20 people annually in the U.S.