BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
512 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…WILSONVILLE…COLUMBIANA…CHELSEA…
CALERA…
SOUTHWESTERN TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…TALLADEGA SPRINGS…SYLACAUGA…
CHILDERSBURG…
* UNTIL 545 AM CDT
* AT 512 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK TO CALERA…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM PELHAM TO CALERA…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
CHELSEA AND COLUMBIANA BY 520 AM CDT…
WESTOVER BY 525 AM CDT…
HARPERSVILLE…WILSONVILLE AND TALLADEGA SPRINGS BY 530 AM CDT…
VINCENT…FAYETTEVILLE AND CHILDERSBURG BY 535 AM CDT…
LOGAN MARTIN DAM BY 540 AM CDT…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED… ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
