BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
747 AM CDT FRI MAY 21 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…SUMITON…JASPER…DORA…CORDOVA…
CARBON HILL…
* UNTIL 830 AM CDT
* AT 744 AM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CARBON HILL
..AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
JASPER BY 810 AM CDT…
6 MILES SOUTH OF CURRY AND 8 MILES NORTH OF CORDOVA BY 815 AM
CDT…
LYNNS PARK…8 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE SHORE AND 9 MILES NORTH OF
BELOIT BY 820 AM CDT…
SIPSEY BY 825 AM CDT…
7 MILES NORTH OF ROCKY HOLLOW BY 830 AM CDT…
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…
