HUNTSVILLE — Several hundred Huntsville Utilities customers remained without electricity Monday following severe storms that rolled through the area overnight.
UPDATED: A utilities news release at 2 p.m. said there were still more than 1,800 customers without power. At 3:20 p.m. Monday, Huntsville Utilities said, “Service has been restored to customers in Owens Cross Roads from Wilson Mann Road south to the Marshall County Line and from Highway 231/431 east to 431 South. Crews are still in the area conducting repairs.”
A severe thunderstorm hit Owens Cross Roads just before midnight Sunday, the National Weather Service Huntsville office said. It was moving at 45 mph and “dime to nickel sized hail” was reported.
The storm tracked east and increased in intensity over Woodville, the office said, with “golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.”
Video of the storm that produced the large hail and damage in Owens Cross Roads last night. We are still working on assessing the damage; while there was no radar evidence of rotation/tornadoes, we are aware of the extent of damage in the area and are working with local (1/2) https://t.co/wa1fqvRslF
— NWS Huntsville (@NWSHuntsville) June 19, 2023
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