BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
550 PM CDT FRI APR 10 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…
CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…JEMISON…CLANTON…
SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 550 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LAWLEY…OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JEMISON…AND MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
7 MILES NORTH OF MAPLESVILLE BY 555 PM CDT…
CHILTON COUNTY MOTOR SPORTS PARK BY 605 PM CDT…
JEMISON BY 615 PM CDT…
THORSBY AND 9 MILES NORTH OF POOLES CROSSROADS BY 620 PM CDT…
7 MILES SOUTH OF UNION GROVE BY 625 PM CDT…
CLANTON AND GAP OF THE MOUNTAIN BY 630 PM CDT…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED… ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA.
