BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
451 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTH CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 451 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM
..AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
BULL CITY BY 500 PM CDT…
OAK GROVE BY 515 PM CDT…
SYLVAN SPRINGS BY 530 PM CDT…
THIS INCLUDES…
US 78 EXIT NUMBER 78
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH…PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER…
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
