BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1241 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…SUMITON…DORA…CORDOVA…
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 130 AM CST
* AT 1241 AM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BOLEY SPRINGS TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF BOLEY
SPRINGS…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES SOUTH OF CARBON
HILL TO 18 MILES NORTH OF HOLT…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
PARRISH BY 1255 AM CST…
CORDOVA AND GORGAS BY 100 AM CST…
LYNNS PARK…BELOIT AND GORGAS STEAM PLANT BY 105 AM CST…
ROCKY HOLLOW…SIPSEY…DORA AND BURNWELL BY 110 AM CST…
THIS INCLUDES US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 65 THROUGH 87.
WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH WILL UPROOT TREES…DOWN POWER LINES AND CAUSE
DAMAGE TO HOMES AND STRUCTURES.
