BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
308 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
WESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
NORTHWESTERN COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 303 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR CHEROKEE…OR 10 MILES EAST OF IUKA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
