BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
632 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA…
SOUTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA…
MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE…
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 630 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS NEAR 60
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BARLOW BEND TO
8 MILES WEST OF GRAND BAY…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES
WEST OF MONROEVILLE TO ESCATAWPA…MOVING EAST AT 36 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
WHISTLER…VAUGHN…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA AND SPRING HILL
COLLEGE BY 640 PM CDT…
STOCKTON…SAINT ELMO…PRICHARD AND MOBILE GREYHOUND PARK BY 645
PM CDT…
TILLMANS CORNER AND THEODORE BY 650 PM CDT…
IN ADDITION TO 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
