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GENERAL ALABAMA UPDATE
Big thunderstorms near the Alabama Coast moving northward. Rain is now more extensive over SW Alabama and steady rain was falling as far north as Demopolis, Livingston, Eutaw and Greensboro.
Further north, there were scattered showers over Chilton, Shelby and Jefferson County and also over NW Alabama.
Very little lightning except in the storms near Dauphin Island. Here is the warning:
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
401 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
EXTREME SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 356 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WEST END OF
DAUPHIN ISLAND…MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
BAYOU LA BATRE BY 435 PM CDT…
DIXON CORNER AND DELCHAMPS BY 440 PM CDT…
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE…SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT…SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT…DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING…IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
