BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1242 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OPELIKA…
NORTH CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
NORTHEASTERN BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
EASTERN MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HURTSBORO…
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 1241 AM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OPELIKA TO SOCIETY HILL TO LAKE
TUSKEGEE…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OPELIKA TO 12 MILES SOUTH
OF AUBURN TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUSKEGEE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BEAUREGARD…UCHEE…GRIFFEN MILL…BLEECKER…GUERRYTON…SMITHS
STATION…LADONIA…RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX…SPRING HILL AND
COMER
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS
MANY AREAS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS!
