NOTE: Tornado warnings just issued for the Atlanta Metro area.
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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
529 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 527 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GOOD HOPE…OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CULLMAN…AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GOOD HOPE…
HANCEVILLE…
TRAVELERS ON INTERSTATE 65 SOUTH OF GOOD HOPE…
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH…PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER…
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.
