BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
353 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EUTAW…
NORTH CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 350 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GAINESVILLE…OR 11 MILES WEST OF EUTAW…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EPES…BOLIGEE AND ALLISON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
