Published on: March 28, 2009 at 2:44 AM

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
235 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…DOWNTOWN MOBILE…DAUPHIN ISLAND…

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 230 AM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM TURNERVILLE TO 17 MILES WEST OF WEST END OF
DAUPHIN ISLAND…MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
SNOW AND TANNER WILLIAMS AND OAK GROVE BY 240 AM CDT…
SEVEN HILLS AND DEES BY 245 AM CDT…
CELESTE BY 250 AM CDT…
MOBILE AIRPORT…MAGNOLIA GROVE GOLF COURSE…KUSHLA AND HUTCHENS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BY 255 AM CDT…
BUCKS BY 300 AM CDT…

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 NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.