BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
430 AM CDT MON APR 13 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
SOUTHEASTERN BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MIDWAY…
SOUTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 515 AM CDT
* AT 428 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BARBOUR COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE DAM…OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF MIDWAY…AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
COMER BY 440 AM CDT…
SPRING HILL BY 445 AM CDT…
HAWKINSVILLE BY 450 AM CDT…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS…CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA.
