For Northwest Alabama…
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1047 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 1145 AM CST
* AT 1047 AM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM MT HESTER TO POGO TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POGO…OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IUKA TO 10 MILES NORTH OF
RED BAY TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF RED BAY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CROOKED OAK…NEW BETHEL…
LITTLEVILLE…COLBERT HEIGHTS…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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.
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 INTERIOR ROOM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
