BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
457 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDALUSIA…
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 600 AM CDT
* AT 452 AM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BRADLEY…OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW…MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
RURAL SOUTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY AT 510 AM CDT
IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME…EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING…
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT…DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SATURDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
