BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
803 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 803 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KIMBERLY…OR 8 MILES NORTH OF
GARDENDALE…AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
TRAFFORD AND COUNTY LINE BY 815 PM CDT…
DALLAS BY 825 PM CDT…
HAYDEN…BLOUNT SPRINGS…7 MILES WEST OF LOCUST FORK AND 7 MILES
SOUTH OF BANGOR BY 830 PM CDT…
WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS…CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
