BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
357 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…VALLEY…LANETT…LAFAYETTE…
EASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OPELIKA…
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 357 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DENSON TO BEANS MILL…OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM LAFAYETTE TO 9 MILES EAST OF OPELIKA…AND MOVING
WEST AT 11 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
CHAMBERS COUNTY LAKE BY 410 PM CDT…
BUFFALO BY 415 PM CDT…
LAFAYETTE BY 420 PM CDT…
BEAUREGARD BY 425 PM CDT…
OPELIKA BY 440 PM CDT…
WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH WILL UPROOT TREES…DOWN POWER LINES AND CAUSE
DAMAGE TO HOMES AND STRUCTURES.
HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN VALLEY WITH
THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM…TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
