BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
518 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
EAST CENTRAL CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLANTON…
SOUTHWESTERN COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHWESTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 516 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
DEATSVILLE…OR 12 MILES NORTH OF PRATTVILLE…AND MOVING NORTH AT
10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
VERBENA…8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGGINS FERRY PARK AND 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CLANTON BY 600 PM CDT…
THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 193 THROUGH 208
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.
