Storms have intensified tonight from Columbus to Starkville. These storms will move east northeast into Pickens and Lamar Counties. Tremendous amounts of lightning, some hail, torrential rains and the potential for damaging winds with them.
They will eventually work t heir way into Fayette, Walker, northern Tuscaloosa and perhaps western Jefferson Counties.
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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
122 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 121 AM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW HOPE…
OR NEAR COLUMBUS…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MILLPORT…ETHELSVILLE…KENNEDY…BLOOMING GROVE…FOREST…
MELBORNE…SHAW AND STAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR WESTERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT…LON 3348 8829 3367 8826 3383 8795 3353 8794
3352 8784 3344 8784 3340 8829
TIME…MOT…LOC 0622Z 245DEG 34KT 3351 8832
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