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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
211 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTH CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 209 AM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRIFFEN MILL…OR 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SMITHS…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SMITHS…LADONIA…BLEECKER…SMITHS STATION…BIBB CITY…LADONIA
SPORTS COMPLEX…MONTEREY HEIGHTS AND BARTLETTS FERRY DAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF THESE
STORMS…THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER…
INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL…DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
POSSIBLY TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER…PREFERABLY INTO
AN INTERIOR ROOM…SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR A CLOSET…OR INTO A
BASEMENT.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT…LON 3241 8526 3250 8533 3271 8511 3267 8508
3265 8509 3262 8506 3259 8506 3253 8499
3248 8498
TIME…MOT…LOC 0711Z 238DEG 36KT 3251 8517
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