BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
117 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT…MOUNTAIN
BROOK…IRONDALE…GARDENDALE…FULTONDALE…FORESTDALE…CENTER
POINT…BIRMINGHAM…
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
* AT 112 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT…AND
MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
FULTONDALE AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF GARDENDALE BY 125 PM CDT…
6 MILES NORTH OF ENSLEY BY 135 PM CDT…
FORESTDALE AND WATSON BY 140 PM CDT…
BROOKSIDE…ADAMSVILLE…DOCENA AND GRAYSVILLE BY 145 PM CDT…
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.
