BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
208 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT…VESTAVIA
HILLS…TRUSSVILLE…MOUNTAIN BROOK…MIDFIELD…LIPSCOMB…
LEEDS…IRONDALE…HUEYTOWN…HOOVER…HOMEWOOD…FULTONDALE…
FAIRFIELD…CENTER POINT…BRIGHTON…BIRMINGHAM…BESSEMER…
NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MEADOWBROOK…
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 300 AM CST
* AT 204 AM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCCALLA…OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BESSEMER…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
SHANNON…LIPSCOMB…MIDFIELD AND BRIGHTON BY 215 AM CST…
BLUFF PARK…FAIRFIELD…ENSLEY AND HOOVER BY 220 AM CST…
HOMEWOOD AND MOUNTAIN BROOK BY 225 AM CST…
WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 900 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
