BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
436 PM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE…
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE…
EASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 435 PM CDT…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REDSTONE
ARSENAL…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SMITHLAND…FLINTVILLE…
ELORA…MAYSVILLE…
LEXIE CROSSROADS…GURLEY…
MAXWELL…BEANS CREEK…
BELVIDERE…TRENTON…
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
