Severe thunderstorm with large hail near Samantha in Tuscaloosa County will lift along the Walker/Jefferson County line, affecting parts of western Jefferson County.
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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
749 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
NORTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 830 PM CST
* AT 744 PM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAMANTHA…
OR 12 MILES NORTH OF HOLT…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CORDOVA…DORA…SUMITON…BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM…BULL CITY…OAK
GROVE…GORGAS AND GORGAS STEAM PLANT.
THIS INCLUDES…
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 70 THROUGH 91…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
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A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT…LON 3388 8708 3355 8684 3332 8753 3347 8764
3361 8746 3360 8742 3363 8742
TIME…MOT…LOC 0149Z 239DEG 46KT 3345 8748
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