BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
208 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
EASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHLAND…
SOUTHEASTERN CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
EASTERN COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…KELLYTON…ROCKFORD…GOODWATER…
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…WEDOWEE…ROANOKE…
NORTHERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALEXANDER CITY…
* UNTIL 315 PM CST
* AT 204 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROCKFORD…
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. A SECOND POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS NEAR
MELLOW VALLEY IN CLAY COUNTY. BOTH STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
BRADFORD…HATCHET AND KELLYTON BY 215 PM CST…
GOODWATER BY 220 PM CST…
CLEVELAND CROSSROADS AND HACKNEYVILLE BY 225 PM CST…
MILLERVILLE BY 230 PM CST…
ASHLAND AND MELLOW VALLEY BY 240 PM CST…
LINEVILLE BY 245 PM CST…
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.
