First, a damage report:
The EMA at Fyfe, in Dekalb County, reported utility poles down at the intersection of County Roads 72 and 50 near Fyffe at 3:40 pm.
Here is the extended warning:
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
459 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTH CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 455 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LEBANON…OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF RAINSVILLE…AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
LEBANON…
RURAL LOCATIONS EAST OF SKIRUM…
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.
