BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
456 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ODENVILLE…
NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PIEDMONT…
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…CENTRE…CEDAR BLUFF…
SOUTHEASTERN ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…RAINBOW CITY…MARKTON…HOKES
BLUFF…GADSDEN…
* UNTIL 545 PM CST
* AT 454 PM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF ASHVILLE TO RIVERSIDE
..AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RAGLAND…OHATCHEE…GADSDEN MALL…GLENCOE…ANDERSON…
SLACKLAND…TENNALA…MOSHAT…WEISS LAKE AND GAYLESVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED 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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
