BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1222 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…WILSONVILLE…COLUMBIANA…
SOUTHWESTERN TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHILDERSBURG…
* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
* AT 1221 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 NEAR
COLUMBIANA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 12 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
WILSONVILLE AND GASTON STEAM PLANT BY 1240 PM CDT…
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHILDERSBURG BY 1245 PM CDT…
WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH…PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS…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.
