BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
904 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTH CENTRAL CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…COLUMBIANA…CALERA…ALABASTER…
* UNTIL 930 AM CDT
* AT 900 AM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR GAP OF THE MOUNTAIN…OR NEAR CLANTON…MOVING NORTH AT 37
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
UNION GROVE BY 910 AM CDT…
CALERA BY 925 AM CDT…
7 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIANA…7 MILES EAST OF AMERICAN VILLAGE AND 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALABASTER BY 930 AM CDT…
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 212 THROUGH 242.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE…SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES…EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE…LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
