BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
608 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTH CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…OXFORD…ANNISTON…
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HEFLIN…
NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 602 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
OXFORD LAKE…OR 7 MILES EAST OF OXFORD…AND MOVING EAST AT 11
MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
HEFLIN BY 635 PM CDT…
9 MILES SOUTH OF EDWARDSVILLE BY 655 PM CDT…
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABERNATHY BY 700 PM CDT…
WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
