BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
231 PM CST WED FEB 18 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…TRUSSVILLE…LEEDS…IRONDALE…
GARDENDALE…FULTONDALE…BIRMINGHAM…
WEST CENTRAL ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ODENVILLE…MOODY…
* UNTIL 300 PM CST
* AT 226 PM CST…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
FULTONDALE…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT…CENTER POINT…PINSON…ALTON…BARBER
MOTORSPORTS PARK…CLAY…ARGO…MARGARET…BRANCHVILLE AND BALD
ROCK
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 261 THROUGH 275…
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 27 THROUGH 33…
US 78 EXIT NUMBER 91…
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 123 THROUGH 153…
AND INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 148.
WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
