BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
518 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 518 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF FACKLER TO
LARKINSVILLE TO WOODVILLE…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
STEVENSON…FACKLER…
MARTINTOWN…COLUMBUS CITY…
FABIUS…
SECTION…PISGAH…
ROSALIE…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN A FEW STORMS
EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LINE. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…A TORNADO MAY
STILL DEVELOP. 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
