BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
536 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…CENTREVILLE…BRENT…
CENTRAL CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JEMISON…
SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…WILSONVILLE…PELHAM…MONTEVALLO…
HELENA…COLUMBIANA…CHELSEA…CALERA…ALABASTER…
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 536 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED 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 ALABASTER TO ASHBY TO EOLINE…OR ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALABASTER TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTEVALLO
TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRENT…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
CENTREVILLE AND CALERA BY 545 PM CDT…
COLUMBIANA…WEST CENTREVILLE AND BRENT BY 550 PM CDT…
JEMISON BY 555 PM CDT…
UNION GROVE AND THORSBY BY 600 PM CDT…
TALLADEGA NATIONAL FOREST BY 605 PM CDT…
LAWLEY BY 610 PM CDT…
THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 208 THROUGH 247
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS…CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
