BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
348 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTH CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOLT…
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 347 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BANKSTON…OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTE…AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BERRY BY 355 PM CDT…
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAMANTHA BY 405 PM CDT…
BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM BY 420 PM CDT…
BULL CITY BY 430 PM 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
