BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
431 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
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…
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 430 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOUNT SPRINGS…OR 16 MILES WEST OF
CLEVELAND…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
NECTAR AND 7 MILES NORTH OF LOCUST FORK BY 445 PM CDT…
CLEVELAND AND FAIRVIEW BY 450 PM CDT…
ROSA…BLOUNTSVILLE AND 7 MILES NORTH OF ONEONTA BY 455 PM CDT…
SUSAN MOORE BY 500 PM CDT…
SNEAD AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF BROOKSVILLE BY 505 PM CDT…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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.
