BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
232 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ONEONTA…CLEVELAND…BLOUNTSVILLE…
NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 300 AM CST
* AT 232 AM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARKADELPHIA…OR 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SUMITON…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
BANGOR…6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOCUST FORK AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DALLAS BY 240 AM CST…
NECTAR…CLEVELAND AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRVIEW BY 245 AM
CST…
BLOUNTSVILLE…ROSA AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ONEONTA BY 250 AM
CST…
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 272 THROUGH 282…
AND US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 85 THROUGH 87.
WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH…PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS…HAIL…AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER…PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR ALABAMA.
