First a quick report:
Large hail, 1.25 inch in diameter (dollar size) at Skirum in Dekalb County at 4:45 pm. (From trained storm spotter.
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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
451 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTH CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 448 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
COLLINSVILLE…OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF RAINSVILLE…MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE…
COLLINSVILLE.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR…IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND…OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM…MOVE INDOORS AND TO
THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF
DRIVING…DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
