Power has been restored to the more than 1,200 Cullman Electric Cooperative customers affected when strong storms moved through earlier this afternoon.

The National Weather Service in Huntsville issued a special weather statement shortly after 1:30 pm when radar tracked strong thunderstorms moving along a line extending from near Smith Lake to near Hanceville, heading northeast at 20 mph.

Locations impacted included: Cullman, Hanceville, Good Hope, Holly Pond, Dodge City, Baldwin, Garden City, Colony, Phelan and Wilburn..

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