BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
715 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
WESTERN ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RAINBOW CITY…
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 713 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SNEAD TO ALTOONA TO 9 MILES
WEST OF ASHVILLE…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES EAST OF
BLOUNTSVILLE TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ONEONTA TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST
OF SPRINGVILLE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WALNUT GROVE…STEELE…ATTALLA…REECE CITY AND NOCCALULA FALLS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
