BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1210 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARBON HILL…
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINFIELD…
SOUTHWESTERN WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LYNN…
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
* AT 1210 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BLUFF…OR 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF FAYETTE…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
GLEN ALLEN…WINFIELD AND TUCKER BY 1225 PM CDT…
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF KANSAS AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARBON HILL BY
1240 PM CDT…
LYNN BY 1245 PM CDT…
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES…EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE…LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE…SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES…EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE…LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
