First the damage: At 7:06 pm the Elmore County EMA reported multiple trees down onCounty Road 29, three miles west of U.S 231. This is 10 miles NNW of Wetumpka.
Now the warning for the very NE corner of Alabama from NWS/Huntsville:
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
753 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE…
NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 753 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 ABOUT 14
MILES WEST OF BRIDGEPORT…AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
STEVENSON…
ANDERSON…
BASS…
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.
