BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
835 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA…
SOUTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 834 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BECK TO FALCO TO BLACKMAN TO BAKER…AND WAS MOVING
EAST AT 38 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
PEADEN AND BAKER BY 840 PM CDT…
LIBERTYVILLE…RED OAK AND MILLIGAN BY 845 PM CDT…
WATKINS BRIDGE…LAUREL HILL AND CRESTVIEW BY 850 PM CDT…
SANFORD AND SVEA BY 855 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.
