This is for the same producing a possible tornado near Ashville. Large hail and heavy rain as well as damaging winds will affect Steele, Rainbow City and Southside as well as parts of the city of Gadsden.
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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
259 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 254 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR STEELE…OR 12 MILES EAST OF ONEONTA…AND MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
RAINBOW CITY…MARKTON…GADSDEN…ATTALLA…NOCCALULA FALLS…
GADSDEN MALL…RAMSEY AND WILLIAMS.
THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 174 THROUGH 183…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER…PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT…LON 3405 8597 3393 8593 3391 8596 3392 8596
3388 8599 3386 8609 3392 8618 3387 8635
3392 8634 3393 8637 3394 8637 3400 8627
TIME…MOT…LOC 1959Z 262DEG 36KT 3393 8620
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